Hulk Hogan was set to be portrayed by Chris Hemsworth in a biopic before the WWE legend died at age 71.
Hulk Hogan never got the biopic treatment while he was alive.
The WWE legend, who died Thursday at age 71, was supposed to be played by Chris Hemsworth in a Netflix movie, but the project was scrapped entirely by the time Hogan passed away.
TMZ reported that the pro-wrestler died after “a cardiac arrest” call was placed from his home in Clearwater, Fla.
The biopic about Hogan was first announced by Netflix in February 2019, with Hemsworth, 41, to star and Todd Phillips set to direct.
The Hollywood Reporter reported at the time that John Pollono and Scott Silver were writing the script. Silver, 60, and Phillips, 54, co-wrote Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker,” which came out that same year.
The biopic, per Deadline, was going to “center on the rise of Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, and his ‘Hulkamania’ both in wrestling and as a pop culture icon.”
The outlet also confirmed that Hogan’s life rights were acquired in the deal and that he joined the project as a consultant and executive producer.
However, years went by, and no progress was made on the film, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic causing production delays in Hollywood in 2020.
Hemsworth gave an update on potentially playing Hogan on the big screen in a June 2023 interview with Chris Van Vliet.
“Let’s hope. I don’t know what is happening with it at this point,” the “Thor” star stated.
