Steve Austin animated series being held up by Peacock/WWE

[Chris]

An animated series involving "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is being held up in development by WWE and Peacock, according to co-creator, actor and wrestling fan Dan Soder.

In the clip seen below, Soder appeared on Barstool Sports' KFC Radio and revealed that during the pandemic, he and fellow comedian and wrestling fan Dan St. Germain co-wrote an animated show with Austin that was sold to Peacock.

"But now, WWE and Peacock have been bullsh*tting and it's been 17 months on the sidelines. I keep calling these motherf*ckers and saying, 'This is going to be f*cking funny," he explained, going on to say that Austin is "way on board" and has been calling him asking for updates.

He said WWE wanted to be "creatively involved," but he was hesitant about that because he and St. Germain wanted it to be done their way.

Soder hasn't said anything about the project publicly until now, but is hoping he can get some public momentum behind it so it can see the light of day -- even if it results in the project being scrapped.

Soder said he initially talked to his agent about the project after a pre-pandemic project fell through at which time his agent revealed Austin was a mutual client. They met via video chat and Austin was all in, providing notes and other thoughts throughout the process.

Soder didn't want to give anything away about the plot other than Austin being the face of it and that it's "dark and weird" which is why Austin liked it to begin with.

Soder, a stand-up comedian, has not hidden his love of wrestling during his run as Dudley Mafee on Showtime's Billions. The creators have worked that fandom into his character, including when WWE's Becky Lynch appeared as herself.

Steve Austin animated series being held up by Peacock & WWE

Co-creator & wrestling fan Dan Soder aired his frustrations about the project being frozen in development.

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[The Gipper]

Yeah no way this happens without WWE being involved in the making of it.

 

[Deezy]

I just watched this podcast lol.