Chris Benoit biopic

[Mr. Roman Empire]

I'm very interested to see what comes of this film. Hopefully its good. How do you feel about?

Lexi Alexander to Direct the Chris Benoit Biopic Crossface

Alex A. Ginzburg and Tony Lee of Let It Play announced today that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) has signed on to direct Crossface, the true story of wrestler Chris Benoit.
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Based on the book, “Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry” by Matthew Randazzo V, Crossface will tell the story of WWE superstar Chris Benoit as he struggles to maintain his family life, while the pressures of wrestling cause him to spiral out of control. Benoit was a well respected, world champion wrestler, who, over the course of a weekend in June 2007, murdered his wife and son before taking his own life. It was later discovered that Benoit was posthumously diagnosed with CTE, severe brain degeneration, believed to be associated with his career as a wrestler.

Alexander will direct from a script by Jake Goldberger and Sarah Coulter. Alex A. Ginzburg and Tony Lee will produce for Let It Play. Executive Producers are Ram Getz and Matthew Randazzo V.

Director Lexi Alexander states, “I was pretty certain I’d stay in TV rather than returning to the feature world, because the material just seems so much better in TV, especially in drama, but then ‘Crossface’ came my way. A heartbreaking, true story about the dark side of wrestling…I couldn’t say no to that.”

Lexi Alexander is an Academy Award nominee for her short film Johnny Flynton. Her film Green Street Hooligans, starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam, was the second film ever at SXSW to win both the Best of the Fest and a Special Jury Award. She became the first woman to direct a major comic book film when she took on Punisher: War Zone, based on the Marvel superhero. More recently, Lexi has directed episodes of series including “Limitless,” “Supergirl” and “Arrow.” Alexander is also a World Karate and Kickboxing Champion and an expert in mixed martial arts.


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[RedDwarfTechy]

Oh this I will watch for sure.

 

[Indy]

I hope this won't be another documentary shitting on how wrestling is a sport where steroids get abused and where everything's terrible, but where they also show the good side of wrestling and just try to kinda explain what wrestling is. Chris Benoit is the perfect guy to show both sides of, honestly, so I hope they actually try to put wrestling in a good light as well instead of just burying it 10 feet under.

 

[Koko B.]

I think the conspiracy about his death would make a better story

 

[Hybrid]

This is still a thing? I remember reading about this years ago.

 

[Mr. Roman Empire]

I hope this won't be another documentary shitting on how wrestling is a sport where steroids get abused and where everything's terrible, but where they also show the good side of wrestling and just try to kinda explain what wrestling is. Chris Benoit is the perfect guy to show both sides of, honestly, so I hope they actually try to put wrestling in a good light as well instead of just burying it 10 feet under.

The starting point of the film should definitely be at WM XX w/ him and Eddie

 

[Indy]

The starting point of the film should definitely be at WM XX w/ him and Eddie

Nah, I think the starting point should be how he started and go through all that first, to build up his love for wrestling and what eventually costed him. He literally went crazy because of wrestling. It's a crazy story when you think about it, but a lot of it has to do with wrestling so they have to definitely focus a lot on that.

 

[Roadster]

Starting 3 years before he died is pretty stupid.

I'm on the fence on how I expect this to be, but I hope it's good. Chris Benoit was a monster, but I'm a sucker for a good documentary film.

 

[Zardnaar]

I hope this won't be another documentary shitting on how wrestling is a sport where steroids get abused and where everything's terrible, but where they also show the good side of wrestling and just try to kinda explain what wrestling is. Chris Benoit is the perfect guy to show both sides of, honestly, so I hope they actually try to put wrestling in a good light as well instead of just burying it 10 feet under.

To be fair that may not be far off. Being a wrestler is not conductive to a long happy life. Relative to the number of performers that have gone through the WWF/WWE over the last 30 years a huge % of them are dead.

I think its something like you are 7 times more likely to die early being a wrestler than the next most dangerous job which was forestry.

 

[Pop Tatari]

Film makers create films all the time about serious subjects like this so it is nothing I object to. My only problem is if it will be compelling cinema or not and how they can try and show what might of been going on in hid mind to commit the wicked act.