Vince McMahon's Life Story to Be Subject of Biographical Movie

TriStar Pictures is in negotiations to produce a movie about the life of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, the Hollywood Reporter's Rebecca Ford and Borys Kit reported Tuesday. 

A script for the tentatively titled Pandemonium circulated around Hollywood dating back to last summer, but interest in the film grew after producer Andrew Lazar acquired McMahon's life rights. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who co-directed Focus, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and Crazy, Stupid, Love., will direct the movie.

McMahon's life story should lend itself well to a feature film, and it will be the first time McMahon has been profiled in a significant way. Unlike many other wrestling luminaries, he has never penned an autobiography detailing his rise to the top of the business.

The 71-year-old grew up with his mother in a trailer park in North Carolina. In an interview with Esquire in 2005 (h/t The Ringer's David Shoemaker), McMahon said he didn't meet his father until he was 12 years old.

Upon taking over his father's business, McMahon transformed the World Wrestling Federation from a regional company based in the northeast to the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Innovations like WrestleMania and Raw—a live weekly television program—changed wrestling forever.

Wrestling fans will likely be eagerly anticipating the opportunity to see the curtain lifted further on McMahon's life.

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