Netflix axes huge show with Hollywood superstar after 'business glitch' behind the scenes | The Sun
NETFLIX has axed a huge show with a Hollywood superstar after an apparent "business glitch".
The streaming giant was reportedly in talks to make a new biopic on the early life of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.
Netflix was said to have commissioned the show into the wrestler's life before the pandemic and Hollywood A-lister Chris Hemsworth was being lined to star as Hulk.
However, bosses have now canned the project after behind the scenes issues.
It led to 70-year-old Hulk deciding to take the rights to his incredible life "somewhere else".
Explaining the situation, he said: โSo it was a situation where business-wise, Netflix kind of like missed the date, you know, as far as a business situation. And so I had the choice at that time to switch gears."
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Hulk continued to Chris Van Vliet's podcast: โAll of a sudden there was a business glitch, you know, and then they tried to fix it a few days later. And Iโd already decided to move on.
"So, my life rights and stuff are somewhere else now. And there are a lot of things that are getting ready to happen.
"And hopefully, Todd Phillips and Chris Hemsworth will still want to play. But thereโs still a huge opportunity there.โ
The former wrestler previously had his own fly-on-the-wall reality show in the early 2000s.
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Called Hogan Knows Best, cameras followed him and his family around, capturing their day-to-day lives and dramas.
It ran for four seasons on VH1 before being axed.
Earlier this year Hulk announced he was engaged to Sky Daily in a touching video revealing just how he dropped the big question.
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