Artists Equity, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company, is producing a feature film focusing on Hulk Hogan’s legal dispute with Gawker Media. hollywood reporter confirmed.
“Shingle” has received script kill gawker From scribe Charles Randolph, who won an Oscar for 2015’s big short. kill gawker Adapted from author Ryan Holiday’s 2018 non-fiction book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker and the Anatomy of a Conspiracy.
Gus Van Sant – directed Damon and Alfred goodwill hunting Duo’s Oscar-winning screenplay – in talks to helm kill gawker. According to media reports, Affleck has been considering playing the role of Hogan, but the casting decision has not yet been finalized.
In November 2016, Gawker Media agreed to pay Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) $31 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the famous wrestler over the company’s release of excerpts from a sex tape. The case revolves around a 2012 article that contained portions of a video shot six years earlier that led to the Gawker website being shut down.
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, is funding Hogan’s lawsuit and is said to be a key figure in the film.
Alfred and Damon previously collaborated on an Amazon biopic Air From Artists Equity. Alfred directed and co-starred in the 2023 film, in which Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro, a Nike employee who bets the troubled shoe company’s future on competing with the then-NBA Trade for rookie Michael Jordan.
Von Sant was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for this film goodwill hunting and milkwho most recently directed the 2018 Amazon film Don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Jonah Hill.
