Overview

• Artists for Artists is developing the project with the working title Macho based on the Lanny Poffo–Eric Shapiro script.
• Thompson and Johnny Ryan Jr. will produce with Paul Coy Allen, with Jonathon Davino, Cory Litwin, Boris Shvarts and Monica Weber among the executive producers.
• Range Select has been set to handle sales, and no distributor has been announced.
• No cast, director or production timeline has been named, underscoring the project’s early development stage.
• Thompson, a longtime fan who worked with Savage on a 1999 Nickelodeon promo, said he is beyond excited to bring the wrestler’s story to the screen, which would mark his first narrative feature portrayal.