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Ben Affleck has done his fair share of interesting roles in his career and he does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. The actor will continue to give his fans one exceptional performance after the other and honestly, who here is complaining? However, a potential new film with him in the lead has left fans confused and asking, “who even wants this?”
The reported film is about retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and his controversy with the website, Gawker. It is being reported that a screenplay about this event in Hulk Hogan’s life and his lawsuit against the website is in the works with Ben Affleck eyeing the lead role.
Ben Affleck to Play Hulk Hogan in a Biopic
As perPW Insider’s report, Hollywood has found its next biopic in the form ofHulk Hogan’s Gawker controversy. The exclusive report states that a screenplay titledKilling Gawkeris expected to move forward underBen AffleckandMatt Damon’s production company, Artists Equity.
If the project moves ahead, Affleck will reportedly play the lead role with his long-time best friend Damon playing the character of Peter Thiel. Thiel, the former CEO of Paypal, was the one who funded Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker as he had his own set of problems with the website.
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According to the report, production is eyeing a January 2025 start date and the screenplay ofKilling Gawkeris written by Charles Randolph. It is based on Ryan Holiday’s book,Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue.
If you are wondering what happened with Hogan and Gawker, here’s a summary of it all. Back in 2012, the gossip website released clips of a s-x tape that involved Hogan and Bubba the Love Sponge’s then-wife, Heather Clem.
As a retaliation, Hogan sued both Gawker and Bubba for invasion of privacy and they eventually came to a settlement. However, the pro-wrestler then filed a lawsuit against the website separately and ended up winning $115 million in damages.
Thanks to this verdict, Gawker eventually ended up declaring bankruptcy, and the website was shut down.
Fans Are Saying ‘No’ to the Biopic
After the word about the potential Hogan biopic made its way to social media, it didn’t take long for film fanatics to express their disinterest in the idea. They did not hold back from giving their honest opinion on the reported biopic and the verdict seems to be that a good chunk of fans couldn’t care less about it.
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This isn’t the first time a movie was set to be made on Hogan’s s-x tape drama. In fact, actorChris Hemsworthwas once linked to aseparate biopicon the same topic. Todd Phillips was set to direct but the film remains at a standstill.
Here’s what fans have to say about Affleck’s possible upcoming film:
Crazy… Chris Hemsworth and now Benpic.twitter.com/5DAcRvyMCV
— Abel (@ImJustMeAbel)July 08, 2025
Sounds like the worst
— Vishwajit Patil (@_VishwajitPatil)June 15, 2025
Didn’t ever think this one was gonna be made into a movie😂😂
— CinemaBums (@Cinema_Bums)July 29, 2025
Can we not? We just don’t need this movie. At all.
— SitaRose🌹🇺🇲 🦅 (@SitaRose27)August 04, 2025
Nobody asked for this. Hulk Hogan is boring.
— 🔥ValiantReaper🔥 (@ValiantReaper)June 01, 2025
Ben, please don’t 😭
— King Of Kings 👑 (@Gllking22)August 09, 2025
As for Hemsworth’s film, it was housed at Netflix but Hogan himself revealed that the streaming platform would no longer be linked to the biopic. Talking toChris Van Vlieton YouTube, he said,
It was a situation where, business-wise, Netflix kind of missed the date, as far as a business situation, and so, I had a choice at that time to switch gears.
While promotingFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga,Hemsworth toldScreen Rantthat while nothing is official about his Hogan film yet, he wouldn’t mind jumping back into it if it gets a green light.
Now that reports are going around about Affleck and Damon’s involvement in a Hogan biopic, who knows how the wrestler’s story will be told?
Mishkaat Khan
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A connoisseur of all things horror, fantasy, and the occasional chick flick, Mishkaat has been penning pieces for FandomWire since 2022. She started off as an intern and has worked her way up to a Senior Writer with over 2000 articles to her name.Outside of entertainment, she has also written well-researched medical content as a freelance writer and has experience in social media management.When not writing, you can find her relaxing with a romance novel and a tall glass of iced coffee in her hand or watching re-runs of ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Office.’
