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Post by GameOVER! on Dec 2, 2011 22:41:12 GMT -5
SRG Films has announced their plans to adapt the Matthew Randazzo book "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry" into a big-screen biopic entitled Crossface. Full details from the official press release are as follows: "Crossface", a biographical thriller, delves into the pressures WWE superstar Chris Benoit faced throughout his wrestling career as the combination of drug-use, depression, and head trauma became increasingly impossible for him to handle. The true story made headline news in 2007 when Chris murdered his wife and young son before taking his own life. SRG Films head Dale Alexander Carnegie is producing the film, while William Morris Endeavor (WME) is on board to package the project. Former Weinstein Company staffer, Sarah Coulter, turned in the first draft of the script in mid-October. "All of us grow up believing that wrestling is fake, but looking at the shocking number of deaths in the industry, it quickly becomes evident that there is nothing fake about the dangers of this sport," Carnegie said. "Chris Benoit has become a poster child for everything that's wrong with professional wrestling and Sarah's terrific script captures his struggles and the many factors that led to the deaths of three people." Coulter added: "People immediately point to steroids, never thinking about the brain trauma these wrestlers can, and do, incur in their profession, nor do they consider the rigorous schedule that keeps them working even when they shouldn t be. The Benoit story is one that needs to be brought into the light.: SRG Films, currently in talks with directors and actors, plans to begin filming in the fall of 2012. www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=84809
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Post by CF9™ on Dec 2, 2011 22:45:19 GMT -5
Get ready for the public to hate wrestling again.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Dec 2, 2011 22:45:35 GMT -5
Sounds pretty cool, i will def. check it out when it comes out to see what its all about.
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Post by Squatch on Dec 2, 2011 22:50:18 GMT -5
:/ This won't be good for Vince.
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Post by Triple S on Dec 2, 2011 22:58:27 GMT -5
A) This will never be given the green light. B) McMahon pays them to not make the film.
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Post by facemeat on Dec 2, 2011 22:59:42 GMT -5
Wonderful. Just when WWE was getting virtually nothing but good PR.
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Post by Sonnen on Dec 2, 2011 23:00:44 GMT -5
Great, just what the pro wrestling industry needed, someone to destroy it's reputation and bury it deeper for the sake of some making a profit, FFS.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2011 23:02:04 GMT -5
Spoiler: He dies at the end.
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Post by Sonnen on Dec 2, 2011 23:04:26 GMT -5
Spoiler: He dies at the end. SPOILERS GO IN THE SPOILER BOARD!!! GAWD!!
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Post by NYdream™ on Dec 2, 2011 23:04:50 GMT -5
Does wwe not own some sort of copywright on the whole crossface thing? Probably not. Either way I somehow do not see this going through all the way. Some part of Benoits family is left. Wouldnt they have to ok it? Also I see Vince doing everything he can to stop it.
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Post by done on Dec 2, 2011 23:07:04 GMT -5
Hopefully it doesn't glet out a negative impact hurting the Wrestling fans. I can tell this will get some wrestling memes or something.
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Post by done on Dec 2, 2011 23:07:44 GMT -5
Spoiler: He dies at the end. But the main character never dies at the end.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2011 23:08:50 GMT -5
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Post by ß®å¢K$ßâ¢k on Dec 2, 2011 23:14:53 GMT -5
Can't wait to see Marc Mero, Ultimate Warrior and Bruno Sammartino again!
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Dec 2, 2011 23:20:07 GMT -5
Still think Sullivan might have had something to do with it after reading many reports
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Post by The Highwayman on Dec 2, 2011 23:23:05 GMT -5
Get ready for the public to hate wrestling again. This.
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Post by k5 on Dec 2, 2011 23:37:49 GMT -5
not gonna be a very entertaining movie...
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Dec 2, 2011 23:40:53 GMT -5
straight to dvd... and no one but wrestling fans will watch it...
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Post by HHH316 on Dec 3, 2011 0:05:20 GMT -5
Yea, I've got a feeling this film is never made, or it has a very, very limited DVD release.
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Post by punksnotdead on Dec 3, 2011 0:17:28 GMT -5
Outside of wrestling fans, who still cares? I'll watch it on Netflix.
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