WWE developing 'United States of America vs. Vince McMahon' TV series

[Chris]

Image: Associated Press
Source: f4wonline.com

WWE and Blumhouse Media announced Monday that they are developing The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon, a limited-run scripted TV series that will be "the first-ever scripted dramatic portrayal of a chapter in WWE’s history" and "the first scripted portrayal of McMahon as well as many of the legendary Superstars of that era."

The series will focus on the mid-1990s in the then-WWF and specifically the steroid trial of 1994.

From the press release:
"The show will delve into WWE during the 1990s, at the time Rupert Murdoch had purchased the New York Post to further his massive infiltration into the U.S. media landscape. For years, infamous Post writer Phil Mushnick regularly hammered WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon in his column. Headlines like “Legislators Give WWE A Free Pass On ‘Roids” and “McMahon Skips Through the Cemetery” eventually captured the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York – the nation’s most prestigious federal prosecutor’s office with a conviction rate of over 96 percent.
In 1994, the U.S. government indicted McMahon for allegedly supplying anabolic steroids to WWE talent. McMahon, with his liberty at stake, two school-aged children at home and with WWE on the brink of bankruptcy, refused to take a plea deal. Ultimately, McMahon stood trial and was acquitted unanimously by a jury of his peers and went on to build a multi-billion-dollar global sports entertainment empire."

From the WWE side, McMahon and Kevin Dunn will be executive producers.

The project is the latest in a growing list of media about the WWE chairman. Last fall, president Nick Khan announced that they were developing a documentary series on McMahon for Netflix while a biography written by Abraham Riesman with McMahon is set to be released in 2022.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

From the WWE side, McMahon and Kevin Dunn will be executive producers.

yeah this gonna be some bullshit

 

[Alexa]

From the WWE side, McMahon and Kevin Dunn will be executive producers.

yeah this gonna be some bullshit

You say bullshit, I say it will be a understanding of American Politics

 

[Apoho Creed]

Wait Dark Side of The Ring are suppose to debut their Episode later this Year on the Steroid Trials from 94 and that is gonna be a must watch this is a parody to me with WWE in control of this.

 

[Buffy]

I have read articles about the steroid trials and the lawsuits. This is going to probably be one of my favorite TV Series to watch.

 

[Hoss]

This ought to be rich.

 

[Deezy]

Jerry McDivitts finest hour.

 

[Sabretooth]

Oh Jesus

 

[Buffy]

I will be ordering a pizza for that one.

 

[Jimmy King]

Update on this:

Blumhouse, WWE’s Vince McMahon Drama Tags in ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Writers

Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue will serve as showrunners on the project.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Blumhouse, WWE’s Vince McMahon Drama Tags in ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Writers​

Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue will serve as showrunners on the project.​

Rick Porter

Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue Courtesy of Lacey Terrell
Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue will serve as showrunners on the project.


The writers of a movie about Mister Rogers are taking on a project about a very different TV Mister: WWE chairman Vince McMahon.

Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue, who wrote the screenplay for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, will write and serve as showrunners on The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon, a drama project in the works from Blumhouse Television and the WWE.

The potential series, which doesn’t have an outlet attached yet, is the first scripted project portraying part of the WWE’s history and some of its many colorful characters — including McMahon, whose “Mr. McMahon” heel persona on WWE programming has fueled decades of storylines.

“Vince McMahon is a living legend. We are thrilled to tell his larger than life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE,” Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue said in a statement.

The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon, announced in July 2021, is set in the 1990s and will focus on a federal court case brought against McMahon. A series of New York Post stories alleged McMahon was providing illegal steroids to wrestlers, which eventually led to his indictment on charges of possession of illegal steroids with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute steroids. He was acquitted at trial.

“Blumhouse is thrilled to be partnering with Noah and Micah on this project,” said Blumhouse TV president Chris McCumber. “Their ability to bring iconic characters to life in a nuanced, dramatic, and fully realized way is the reason they are the perfect fit to tell the story of The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon.”

Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue will executive produce the drama along with McMahon; WWE head of global television distribution Kevin Dunn; and Blumhouse’s McCumber, Jason Blum and Jeremy Gold.

Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue earned a Writers Guild Award nomination for their A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood screenplay; the film stars Tom Hanks as children’s TV icon Fred Rogers and Matthew Rhys as a magazine writer who profiled and developed a friendship with him. The duo’s writing credits also include Transparent and Netflix’s upcoming opioid crisis drama Painkiller.

Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster are repped by Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, UTA and Lichter Grossman; Harpster is additionally repped by Mosaic.

 

[Deezy]

I loved A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood......Tom Hanks as Vince McMahon.

Get to roiding Tommy.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I for one am sure this will be 100% unbias and tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

 

[Deezy]

Would be more accurate than Rock's tv show.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Would be more accurate than Rock's tv show.

Well that’s not being promoted as being something that’s suppose to be 100% facts… so kind of a difference. If this was here was being put out as a sitcom, then I wouldn’t expect it to be. So yeah, can’t compare the two.

 

[Deezy]

It's a fucking joke ffs.

Do I have to end every obvious joke post with this

for you?