Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Hulk Hogan movie is no longer happening, per TMZ. The site reports that the duo stopped development on the film some time ago, and the decision was not related to the wrestler’s death last week. The film, Killing Gawker, was reportedly going to follow Hogan’s war on controversial gossip site Gawker after it published the infamous sex tape that showed Hogan having sex with his friend’s wife and using a racial slur in 2007. The ensuing legal battle bankrupted the internet giant in 2016. The actors’ production banner Artists Equity acquired the script in 2024. Affleck was rumored to be playing Hogan, who was not involved in the project. A source told TMZ last year that he wouldn’t hesitate to pursue legal action if he felt the film crossed the line. Another Hogan movie, a biopic that would’ve starred Chris Hemsworth, did have the wrestler attached to consult and executive produce. But that project never came to fruition before Hogan’s death on Thursday at age 71 from cardiac arrest.
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