{"id":40354,"date":"2017-04-26T10:35:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=40354"},"modified":"2017-04-26T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:35:17","slug":"vince-mcmahon-biopic-pandemonium-picked-tristar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/26\/vince-mcmahon-biopic-pandemonium-picked-tristar\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince McMahon Biopic PANDEMONIUM Picked Up By TriStar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Fans of professional wrestling have strong opinions about Vincent K. McMahon, ranging from blissful adoration to outright hatred. Now, the rest of the world will get a chance to find out why the colorful and controversial WWE owner inspires such emotions in his fans as a biopic based on his life, Pandemonium<\/strong>, has been picked up by Sony’s TriStar shingle. The film was written by Craig A. Williams\u00a0and Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are attached to direct.<\/p>\n

Vince McMahon turned a regional wrestling operation into a global sports entertainment phenomenon that dominated all aspects of pop culture.\u00a0He is responsible for\u00a0launching athletes such as Hulk Hogan, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena into the mainstream consciousness and turning what was a fringe form of entertainment\u00a0into a multibillion dollar conglomerate.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> states that Williams’ script has been circulating\u00a0since last summer, however concerns about McMahon’s lack of approval made studios wary of going forward with it. Recently, WWE Films, the filmmaking off-shoot of McMahon’s wrestling organization, has signed on as producer of the film, clearing the way for the project to proceed.<\/p>\n

WWE\u00a0Films might also mean that the biopic will ignore or gloss over some of the darker parts of the McMahon legend, notably allegations of sexual harassment, his trial for distribution of steroids or the perception that he ignored the health risks to his performers in his rise to success.<\/p>\n

That being said, Ficarra and Requa are talented directors (their credits include I Love You Phillip Morris <\/strong>and Crazy Stupid Love<\/strong>) and should make whatever version of McMahon’s life we get interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PANDEMONIUM will tell the life story of the controversial owner of the WWE. <\/div>\n

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