In 2021, Netflix’s League of Legends animated TV show, Arcane, became one of the biggest hits for the streaming giant in years. However, beyond Arcane, LoL studio Riot Games has reportedly struggled to develop the MOBA game into a bigger entertainment franchise. Part of the problem seems to be a lack of experience,…
In 2021, Netflix’s League of Legends animated TV show, Arcane, became one of the biggest hits for the streaming giant in years. However, beyond Arcane, LoL studio Riot Games has reportedly struggled to develop the MOBA game into a bigger entertainment franchise. Part of the problem seems to be a lack of experience,…
Whatcha gonna do, when your biopic gets canceled on you? The once-planned Hulk Hogan biopic which was set to star Chris Hemsworth looks to have been leg dropped into oblivion, disappearing without much fuss. Now, Terry Bollea himself is running wild on just what happened with the movie.
Appearing on the PBD podcast (via Wrestlezone), Hulk Hogan said the now-scrapped biopic ran into issues with dropping the ball over legal matters with Netflix. “They kind of missed a beat in the contract. Yeah…There was a payment that wasn’t placed at the right time. The script was amazing. Scott Silver, who wrote the script for Joker, Wolf of Wall Street, a bunch of other movies, said, ‘This is the best thing I’ve ever written.’ When I read it, I’m like, oh my god, this is really good. At the time, I was in a space where I told him the positive stuff about wrestling.”
Hulk Hogan added that he was a fan of how the biopic was shaping up, hyping it up as a potential Oscar contender. “Spent about three years with this writer going back and forth. When I read it, it was just very, very dark, if that would be the right word, but it was probably what the public may want to see. When I read it, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, if this thing comes out,’ there was talk that Chris Hemsworth had never played a real person before and he could probably win an Oscar, this thing is so powerful. I said, ‘That’s great, everybody’s gonna do really great,’ then I’m gonna be left here alone, and that might be the last thing people remember me for, so I just was moving forward at the time, and when they business-wise missed a date, there was an option for me to pull out, and I did. I pulled out.”
Hulk Hogan also noted that his biopic would have ended during his infamous heel turn, in which he formed the New World Order with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash at 1996. Sorry, wrestlemaniacs, no Fingerpoke of Doom!
No doubt Hulk Hogan would be one of the top wrestlers to warrant a biopic; not only did he help put professional wrestling on the map, but his life and career was filled with controversies, from the steroid trial of 1994 to his lawsuit with Gawker to well beyond. As it stands, talk has circulated about Gus Van Sant, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon working on a movie that centers around the aforementioned Gawker trial.
Do you think there’s an interest in a Hulk Hogan biopic? Who would be an ideal star?
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Whatcha gonna do, when your biopic gets canceled on you? The once-planned Hulk Hogan biopic which was set to star Chris Hemsworth looks to have been leg dropped into oblivion, disappearing without much fuss. Now, Terry Bollea himself is running wild on just what happened with the movie.
Appearing on the PBD podcast (via Wrestlezone), Hulk Hogan said the now-scrapped biopic ran into issues with dropping the ball over legal matters with Netflix. “They kind of missed a beat in the contract. Yeah…There was a payment that wasn’t placed at the right time. The script was amazing. Scott Silver, who wrote the script for Joker, Wolf of Wall Street, a bunch of other movies, said, ‘This is the best thing I’ve ever written.’ When I read it, I’m like, oh my god, this is really good. At the time, I was in a space where I told him the positive stuff about wrestling.”
Hulk Hogan added that he was a fan of how the biopic was shaping up, hyping it up as a potential Oscar contender. “Spent about three years with this writer going back and forth. When I read it, it was just very, very dark, if that would be the right word, but it was probably what the public may want to see. When I read it, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, if this thing comes out,’ there was talk that Chris Hemsworth had never played a real person before and he could probably win an Oscar, this thing is so powerful. I said, ‘That’s great, everybody’s gonna do really great,’ then I’m gonna be left here alone, and that might be the last thing people remember me for, so I just was moving forward at the time, and when they business-wise missed a date, there was an option for me to pull out, and I did. I pulled out.”
Hulk Hogan also noted that his biopic would have ended during his infamous heel turn, in which he formed the New World Order with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash at 1996. Sorry, wrestlemaniacs, no Fingerpoke of Doom!
No doubt Hulk Hogan would be one of the top wrestlers to warrant a biopic; not only did he help put professional wrestling on the map, but his life and career was filled with controversies, from the steroid trial of 1994 to his lawsuit with Gawker to well beyond. As it stands, talk has circulated about Gus Van Sant, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon working on a movie that centers around the aforementioned Gawker trial.
Do you think there’s an interest in a Hulk Hogan biopic? Who would be an ideal star?
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We might never get a proper Bloodborne remake, or even a current-gen remaster, but that hasn’t stopped fans from continuing to experiment with their own spin-offs of FromSoftware’s dark fantasy action game. The latest is called Bloodborne Top Down Arena, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a Diablo-style reimagining…
We might never get a proper Bloodborne remake, or even a current-gen remaster, but that hasn’t stopped fans from continuing to experiment with their own spin-offs of FromSoftware’s dark fantasy action game. The latest is called Bloodborne Top Down Arena, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a Diablo-style reimagining…
Marvel’s Agatha All Along series came to a close on Disney+ last week, and despite speculation that Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) might appear (or be resurrected), it didn’t happen. While speaking with THR, showrunner Jac Schaeffer explained how close they actually got to including Wanda in the series.
“It wasn’t really a for-real conversation, and to speak plainly, it’s a larger conversation of casting, logistics, availability, and budget,” Schaeffer said. “Also, to me, on a creative level, it didn’t feel fair to the character of Agatha. This is her story, and the idea of bringing Wanda back felt like it would upend that in a way. I love Wanda desperately, and I feel she is a part of the show in that the repercussions of her actions ripple throughout this chapter. Of course, we also have her son, and we positioned him to have big feelings about Wanda and to not be lined up to immediately embrace her. So I’m interested to see where that thread goes in the MCU.“
Schaeffer also recently said they originally wanted to add Hulkling to the series, but Marvel told them they couldn’t.
Our own Alex Maidy enjoyed Agatha All Along, saying it “connects the supernatural elements of the MCU with a fun, horror-tinged concept that plays like a cross between the tone of the MCU’s Werewolf By Night and the sassy humor of Disney’s fan-favorite Hocus Pocus.” He also had plenty of praise for Kathryn Hahn, who is able to “dig into Agatha’s backstory in a way similar to how Tom Hiddleston explored Loki in his namesake series.”
“Agatha All Along is a nice entry for new fans and longtime Marvel fans alike to enjoy an engaging series that boasts solid special effects, creepy visuals, crackling dialogue, and a unique foray into the supernatural that will have ripples for the Marvel Cinematic Universe for years to come,” Maidy wrote. “Agatha All Along is a solid outing from the uneven recent phases of the MCU that works because it does not require a backlog of research to enjoy it.” You can check out the rest of Maidy’s review right here.
Do you wish Wanda had made an appearance on Agatha All Along?
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an excellent cast of characters, almost all of which are new to the series. However, it looks like there were once plans for a few characters from previous games to appear as party members. And now that fans know this, they’re in their feelings.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an excellent cast of characters, almost all of which are new to the series. However, it looks like there were once plans for a few characters from previous games to appear as party members. And now that fans know this, they’re in their feelings.
When Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater launched back in 2004, fans quickly realized that Eva’s voice actress in the credits—Suzetta Minet—was a fake name. But for 20 years Konami kept the real identity of the person secret. Now, as part of the marketing push for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater remake,…