A report claims that the studios have put out an offer for Bradley Cooper to star in this upcoming biopic, although there has been no confirmation of how the actor plans on responding to the offer, but if he does agree to play Vince McMahon, his attachment could be enough to put this biopic on the fast track to production. WWE Studios and TriStar are moving forward with Pandemonium, a biopic that follows the life of WWE founder and CEO Vince McMahon, with the studios eyeing an A-list star to play this larger-than-life figure. The third act reportedly features a lengthy montage, and Vince McMahon interacting with Stacy Keibler to close out the film.Share Share Tweet Share Share Share EmailĪ new report claims that an offer has been issued to Bradley Cooper to play WWE founder Vince McMahon in the upcoming biopic Pandemonium. Vince’s business suffered a downturn in the early and mid 90s, which also wasn’t covered. Greenfield and Bauer noted that there was a lot of information to be crammed into the trial scenes, and that the trial and the Attitude Era seemed rushed. Vince’s neck brace at the trial wasn’t mentioned in the script. The third act of the script focuses on McMahon’s federal trial for steroid charges, the No Holds Barred movie, and WCW raiding WWF talent. This is also where WWE lawyer Jerry McDevitt is introduced as a character. Greenfield and Bauer feel that some of Vince’s dialogue and behavior in the second act started becoming too unrealistic. The Monday Night Wars are covered “very quickly” in the film, with Vince’s triumph over his top competitor being treated as an afterthought. This is also around the time when a relationship between Vince and Ted Turner is loosely established, and Ted is also seen working with the Crocketts. There are also scenes of Vince doing recreational drugs, and working on the No Holds Barred movie for Hogan. This part of the script shows montages of steroid use and big name stars. The second act of the movie is about the WWF’s rise to success. Greenfield and Bauer both felt that Vince’s life story would be better told in a Boardwalk Empire or Sopranos-like series. They also compare the script to “a poor man’s version of The People vs. Greenfield and Baurer said the script leans more towards Ready To Rumble than The Wrestler in terms of tone, but not “as silly” as Ready To Rumble. The script reportedly admits that it strays from the truth, at one point breaking the fourth wall to admit that it’s as real as pro wrestling. Linda’s personality is also portrayed in a way that Greenfield & Bauer feel the McMahons likely won’t sign off on. The film reportedly portrays Linda as having a similar creative role and approach as Vince, when in actuality she mostly worked in the offices in an executive role. For example, the movie has Linda working in a bar, but in real-life she worked as a paralegal at the time. Some historical facts have been changed for the script, such as his wife Linda’s history. There appears to be some “movie magic” at work in the script as far as accuracy goes. There are reportedly scenes featuring NWA meetings, Ted Turner, the Crocketts, and several other names from the old wrestling territory days. Wrestlers who appear in the script include The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, The Iron Sheik, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Gorilla Monsoon, Verne Gange, King Kong Bundy, and more. The script does reportedly touch on Vince working selling plastic/paper cups, which was a job he despised, prior to entering the wrestling business.Ī key part of the script is Vince getting his first job in wrestling from his father, Vince Sr., who is featured several times. This film reportedly won’t cover those younger years. For those who read Vince’s now-rare 1999 Playboy interview, you may remember his stories of growing up without indoor plumbing in North Carolina, almost being beaten to death by his step-father, being exposed to sex very early in life, and later working crushing rocks for 90 hours a week. The movie reportedly opens up with Vince in his 20’s, with his car breaking down while he’s on the way to work for his father. Here’s a recap of some of the material covered in the MLW podcast: The First Scene Going VIP gets you access to a ton more additional podcasts / hotlines. If you’re familiar with MLW Radio, Bruce Prichard’s Something to Wrestle or the Jim Cornette Experience, you know MLW delivers some of the best podcasts around. We highly recommend you head over to and sign up for their VIP service to hear this VIP podcast.
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