Kurt Angle recently revealed that two movies about his life are in the works. In an interview with WrestleZone’s Bill Pritchard, the WWE Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist shared that a two-part biopic is being developed by directors Eshom and Ian Nelms, known for Fatman and Small Town Crime. You can see highlights below (h/t to Fightful):
The first movie will focus on Angle’s Olympic journey, especially his gold medal win in 1996. The second will cover his pro wrestling career, including his time in WWE and TNA. Angle expressed excitement about the films, saying they will give fans a closer look at his life both inside and outside the ring.
The biopic will explore his rise to fame and the challenges he faced along the way, offering a deeper understanding of his legacy in sports and wrestling.
Kurt Angle on the films that are in development:
“Actually, I don’t know if you know this, but I have a movie about my life story coming out. John (ber) is helping me out with it a little bit. He got me the directors, Ian and Eshom Nelms. These directors are incredibly talented, they were actually amateur wrestlers, so they understand my sport. They directed movies like Fatman starring Mel Gibson and ‘Red Right Hand’ starring Orlando Bloom. They’ve done a lot of incredible films. My movie is going to be about a kid from the streets of Pittsburgh that overcomes adversities, including a broken neck, and ends up winning an Olympic gold medal. It’s only about my Olympic history, it’s my Olympic story. It’s gonna have a Rocky-type of feel to it with a touch of The Fighter and Iron Claw.”
“My directors are so talented, so for the first time, I’m gonna be on the opposite side of the camera and I’m gonna be watching these guys do their magic. I can’t wait to bring this to the world, I think it’s going to be a great story. The idea is to have two different movies, which is kind of ironic. The first one’s about my Olympic story and the second one’s about my professional wrestling career. We’re going the first one first, seeing how that pans out, and then we’re gonna do the other one. There was just too much content to put both of them together, so we decided to separate the two and do the first movie first, and the second movie second in the future.”
Kurt Angle on the status of the films:
“We have the script almost written, next are the investors which we should get fairly easily. Then, we’re gonna do the cast. We’ll probably start picking a cast in the next two or three months. I’m really excited about that, I have a few people in mind. I’m not gonna to tell you who, I’m not going to ruin the surprise yet, but we have a lot of people that we want to cast for my family members and also myself. There are going to be a lot of big names that we’re going for, so, it should be really cool.”
