Chris Benoit: The Movie?

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

Lost Colony Entertainment announced today that they had purchased the television and film rights to adapt the Irv Muchnick book "Chris & Nancy" on the Benoit family tragedy. This basically means that they will have the rights to develop and sell the property or raise the funds to produce the film on their own.

[Lara Emily]

great awesome :( *sigh*

[teamXtremist]

that shit would be to tragic

[SOCCER LEGS]

haha will be epic

[DLVH84]

Any idea on who's going to portray The Pegasus Kid and Woman?

[Cool King]

Oh great, just what we need, this whole saga dug up again. :roll:

I can imagine the movie being something similar to the TV movie that was on The Simpsons about Homer's sexual harassment story in "Homer Badman".

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[Aguakate]

...That movie is going to be a KILLER.

Get it?

Thank u.

[Cool King]

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2819/renotfunnyandnobodylike.jpg

[Cool King]

I've been waiting for a good moment to use that.

[El Fangel]

I wouldnt get too hung up on it myself.

[Schlomey]

*IF* it gets funded.

[Aguakate]

...I wonder who's going to play Triple H and HBK in the triple threat match at WM20.

[Schlomey]

I have NOT read the book but since it was written about the tragedy I wonder how much wrestling related content the movie could have?

[Aguakate]

I have NOT read the book but since it was written about the tragedy I wonder how much wrestling related content the movie could have?

They AT LEAST have to have some WM20 in it...it was Benoit's greatest night...and he brought his family up to the ring, etc.

[Razzamajazz]

<spoiler> The movie's going to suck.</spoiler>

[El Fangel]

Cena Wins

[Razzamajazz]

Benoit is actually still alive and living in a small town in Brazil with Hitler and Elvis

[Sixx]

Benoit is actually still alive and living in a small town in Brazil with Hitler and Elvis

Don't forget Tupac.

[BizarroKing]

Cena Wins

Portrayed by Johnny Depp

[bigslimjj]

I can imagine the movie being something similar to the TV movie that was on The Simpsons about Homer's sexual harassment story in "Homer Badman".

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5897/dennisfranzandthesimpso.jpgI was thinking more of the Simpsons halloween "The Shin-ning episode." "Flying headbutts and juice make Chris go craaaazy".

[jskinnyg]

Nobody will fund this movie... Write that down...

[Loose Cannon]

Cast

Chris Benoit: Aaron Eckhart

Nancy Benoit: Jordanna Brewster

Daniel Benoit: Rey Mysterio Jr.

Chavo Guerrero (revceiving texts in movie): Cheech Marin.

The mysterious Wikipedia user who posted about Nancy's death before it was announced: Kane Knight

[The Naitch]

Loose Cannon wants to take his talents to South Beach

[Kane Knight]

Wrestling with Retards: The Chris Benoit story.

[Eklipse]

It will probably be a made for tv movie airing only on lifetime or hallmark.

[BizarroKing]

wwe would never promote this movie...would they?

[Aguakate]

Wrestling with Retards: The Chris Benoit story.

...Oh, man!

[FourFifty]

They should cast Tommy Wiseau as Chris Benoit.

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[Blitz]

Nobody will fund this movie... Write that down...
Give me one reason why.

[Rammsteinmad]

I don't see why everyone's hating on a film that hasn't already been made.

[Xero]

Give me one reason why.

The likeness of Chris Benoit is owned by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc, and may not be used in other forms of sports or entertainment.

[Aguakate]

If there is a movie made, the people who make it will basically just take the story itself, and develop it using other characters, not necessarily use their names (Chris Benoit, Nancy, and Daniel).

[FourFifty]

Sid and Nancy < Chris and Nancy

[stultiloquy]

Michael Biehn should get the role, I always thought they looked similar anyway.

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[Xero]

Michael Biehn should get the role, I always thought they looked similar anyway.

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He looks like Luger there.

[YOUR Hero]

Come with me if you want to live

[Kane Knight]

They should cast Tommy Wiseau as Chris Benoit.

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You are so getting sued.

Michael Biehn should get the role, I always thought they looked similar anyway.

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Decent match, and he's used to dealing with mindless killing machines.

[FourFifty]

The Room is good because of how bad it is.

[Kane Knight]

The Room is good because of how bad it is.

And the notoriety the lawsuits brought.

[Blitz]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=84809

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.

[Taker it Easy]

They should cast Tommy Wiseau as Chris Benoit.

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Taker it Easy.

[Kane Knight]

"Crossface", a biographical thriller

I want to read that, based on the description alone.

[Theo Dious]

The Benoit story is one that needs to be brought into the light.

Yeah because it was totally buried and nobody has said ANYTHING about it.

[#1-norm-fan]

I wonder who will play Orlando Jordan.

[Schlomey]

I will see it but I will NOT look forward to it.

[Wake Up Call]

I will buy it, watch it, and LOVE it.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How can this happen doesn't WWE still own Benoit's name and likeness?

[GD]

I wonder who will play Orlando Jordan.

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/games/dulehilltrivia/08.jpg

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

You must be out yo' damn mind!

[Kane Knight]

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/games/dulehilltrivia/08.jpg

MAGIC HEAD!

[#1-norm-fan]

I wonder who will play Too Cold Scorpio

[#1-norm-fan]

I wonder who will play Rocco Rock

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Interested in seeing the reviews.

"I cried so hard I ruptured a disk which fragmented into my spinal column."
-Roger Ebert</font>

[Xero]

"Whoever you are, whatever you do, please, go see this movie."
- LA Times

[Theo Dious]

I wonder who will play Orlando Jordan.

Arsenio Hall.

I wonder who will play Rocco Rock

Arsenio Hall.

I wonder who will play Rocco Rock

Andy Dick.

[Theo Dious]

Also:

"How do you learn to strangle yourself on a 6 foot tall piece of home exercise equipment???"

[#1-norm-fan]

Practice

[Kane Knight]

Interested in seeing the reviews.

"I cried so hard I ruptured a disk which fragmented into my spinal column."
-Roger Ebert

"I laughed, I cried, I choked out my child."

The New York Post.

[JimmyMess]

Who will be the villain?

Wait.

[Damndirty]

Alright, they need a twist here, like have the Taskmaster get revenge on Benoit and Woman by siccing the Yeti on them and having him hump them all till their cold, put bibles under the wife and kid, and wipe his jizz from the crime scene. Anthony Hopkins can play Sullivan and ODB can play the Yeti.

[Kane Knight]

"A film so outrageous you'll snap a bitch's neck."

--The Boston Herald.