WWE Signs "Groundbreaking New Deal" With Netflix For Vince McMahon documentary

[Jkm94]

WWE has confirmed that a new film on WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon is in the works.

Nick Khan, WWE's new President & Chief Revenue Officer, noted during today's Q3 2020 earnings call that WWE has signed a "groundbreaking new deal" with Netflix. WWE is selling the multi-part documentary that will cover Vince's life.

The deal is groundbreaking because it is one of the highest-budgeted documentaries in Netflix history, according to Khan.


There's no word yet on the documentary title or release date. Khan noted that Bill Simmons will executive produce the project, while Chris Smith, who directed Netflix's Fyre Fest documentary, will produce along with WWE Studios.


This Vince documentary is not the same biopic that was first revealed back in 2017. That project was apparently nixed. Titled "Pandemonium," the movie was expected to star Bradley Cooper as Vince. Tristar Pictures was to release the movie. The original plan was to film the movie in the spring of 2018, but that depended on several factors. The "Pandemonium" script was written by Craig A. Williams back in 2015, but it underwent several changes after WWE Studios got involved. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra were set to direct the movie, while Zaftig Films' Charlie Gogolak was to serve as executive producer. Aperture Entertainment's Adam Goldworn was to produce the movie, along with WWE Studios. The latest update on Pandemonium came in January 2019 when it was reported that a new draft of the movie had been completed and sent to WWE executives, including McMahon, for feedback. There was still no confirmation on Cooper accepting the role, but he had been waiting for an updated version of the script in 2018, and then was planning to make his decision. That January 2019 update stated that while the filming date of spring 2018 had passed, the project was still being actively worked on. It looks like "Pandemonium" is no more.

[wings_unhinged]

Here's hoping they consult actual wrestling historians and nobody from the WWE, besides Vince obviously, for the material.

[cheerupemokid]

Here's hoping they consult actual wrestling historians and nobody from the WWE, besides Vince obviously, for the material.

WWE studios is co-producing, so it’s almost certainly going to be a puff piece, it actually ever gets produced.

[HairyWBush]

what a joke. the people don't want to see vince and what he did back in the 80s. people want to see BROCK LESNAR.

[andyray]

if it's going to be produced with wwe studios it's going to be fuking chit

no steroid scandal
no owen heart
no benoit


the only risque part will be the montreal screwjob which we've already heard every fuking angle on it a million times already


it's going to be the same stereotypical run of the mill chit wwe has produced the past 20 years

[H00J]

Inb4 corny explodes

[kneeonbelly]

Vince will probably have all kinds of fiction in there and use Stephanie as the one guiding how it goes ..so it'll suck

[I3igAl]

Here's hoping they consult actual wrestling historians and nobody from the WWE, besides Vince obviously, for the material.

It's a Netflix documentary. It's less about content and more about throwing in as many unespected turns and shocking moments as possible.

if it's going to be produced with wwe studios it's going to be fuking chit

no steroid scandal
no owen heart
no benoit


the only risque part will be the montreal screwjob which we've already heard every fuking angle on it a million times already


it's going to be the same stereotypical run of the mill chit wwe has produced the past 20 years

I doubt it. Netflix loves their scandals and whackiness. This is how how they make everything entertaining. They might totally exxagerate though and take the craziest story from 40 years ago at face value though.

Tiger King made them a lot of money via shock value. The Fyre Fest documentary was quite similar. It's likely they want to stick to that way of making documentaries, because it has been working out for them amazingly.

[BwuK]

Vince is the f*cking goat.

[BallGameFan]

Vince is the f*cking goat.

This.

[kneeonbelly]

It's a Netflix documentary. It's less about content and more about throwing in as many unespected turns and shocking moments as possible.



I doubt it. Netflix loves their scandals and whackiness. This is how how they make everything entertaining. They might totally exxagerate though and take the craziest story from 40 years ago at face value though.

Tiger King made them a lot of money via shock value. The Fyre Fest documentary was quite similar. It's likely they want to stick to that way of making documentaries, because it has been working out for them amazingly.

They might dig in deep on the drama of how cut throat a business man he is , but avoid the affairs hes had or any of that. he has a narrative he likes to tell of himself

[I3igAl]

They might dig in deep on the drama of how cut throat a business man he is , but avoid the affairs hes had or any of that. he has a narrative he likes to tell of himself

I think they will probably go with his total craziness. Things like getting in fights with wrestlers, stories like there were on the planeride from hell. They will also probably ask about *******, because if your Netflix includes drugs it's twice as hip.

[LiftBigEatBig]

Would have been cool to see a jacked Bradley Cooper for the role.

[pandaboy89]

Yea cuz it’s obv Vince is almost dead, he wants to be remembered by this newer generation.

Tbh, WWE has always just been a tool for Vince to play out his sickest fantasies (big manhandle small, sex, violence, and bipolar betrayals); since he got molested and beat up as a kid, he gets off on seeing other people get the same treatment (all the wrestlers and jobbers/employees).

He doesn’t actually give a fact about this company’s longevity

[EidFnatic]

if it's going to be produced with wwe studios it's going to be fuking chit

no steroid scandal
no owen heart
no benoit


the only risque part will be the montreal screwjob which we've already heard every fuking angle on it a million times already


it's going to be the same stereotypical run of the mill chit wwe has produced the past 20 years

This. LOL at any mark getting hyped for this.

Oh and Fukk the Kennedy.