Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will produce a new biopic on legendary wrestler, 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair.
Real name Richard Fliehr, Ric Flair is one of the most celebrated and beloved wrestlers of all time.
Having wrestled primarily for Jim Crockett Promotions, the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, he is recognised as a record 16-time world champion across his 50-year career.
In his pomp Flair's professional wrestling persona bled into his personal life. He described himself as a "limousine-ridin', jet-flyin', kiss stealin', wheelin' dealin', son-of-a-gun (who kissed all the girls worldwide and made em cry)."
His life is primed for a biopic, and The Rock is making it happen.
"WOO! As a wild kid, who grew up in the wild world of professional wrestling, I idolized, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair. He was one of my heroes," Johnson wrote on Twitter.
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"And once I broke into the wrestling business and began to spill my own sweat and blood in arenas across America - my reverence for Ric turned to great respect. Because I realized just how rare and almost impossible it is to truly disrupt the wrestling business, and truly change the game - and that’s exactly what Ric Flair did.
"Ric Flair had a relentless passion to be the greatest of all time, but with achieving that GOAT status - he also sacrificed it all and paid a heavy price. And lived to tell the story.
"I’ve known Ric since I was 8 years old when he and my dad, Rocky 'Soulman' Johnson were wrestling together in the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance)
"This project is personal for me and we at @sevenbucksprod & #KevinMischer films can’t wait to tell his unbelievable story."
The biopic comes after the success of The Iron Claw, a biopic based on the famous Von Erich wrestling family.
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