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Vince McMahon Getting His Own Biopic With 'Pandemonium'

According to Deadline , the story of pro wrestling impresario Vince McMahon is getting the Hollywood treatment with Pandemonium , a drama that will be directed by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra from a script by Craig A. Williams. The film covers McMahon’s ascension in the wrestling business, and having WWE Studios involved indicates the project has the blessing of the grappling magnate. He is third generation — the business was started by his grandfather Jess and taken over by his father Vincent — but these were local circuits and relatively small time compared to what Vince McMahon had in mind. The barrel-chested showman turned the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) into a global roadshow business juggernaut. He unleashed grapplers from Hulk Hogan to Bruno Sammartino and Triple H to budding actor John Cena and The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, Hollywood’s reigning action star. McMahon built his ring empire in Stamford, CT, and McMahon, who long had dreams of being a wrestling st