The story of Ric Flair may be heading to the big screen in the years ahead.
The Wrap reported Wednesday that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions is developing a project on the incomparable life of Flair. Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia will produce along with Kevin Misher of Misher Films.
The team previously teamed up on 2019’s “Fighting With My Family” — a film based on the life and family of AEW’s Saraya, then Paige in WWE.
Flair was not named as being directly involved and as of this writing, he has yet to publicly comment on it.
Johnson gave the following statement to The Wrap about the project which had no timeline included:
“As a kid who grew up in professional wrestling, I idolized, ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair. He was a hero to me. And once I broke into the wrestling business and began to spill my own sweat and blood – my reverence for Ric turned to respect. Because I realized just how rare and impossible it is to disrupt the wrestling business, culture and truly change the game – and that’s exactly what Ric Flair did. This project is personal, and we can’t wait to tell his unbelievable story. As always, thank you for the house, Ric.”
As part of a multi-year deal with an affiliated energy drink, Flair has made infrequent appearances in AEW alongside his friend and former rival, Sting, as he approaches his retirement match in less than two weeks. Flair wrestled his final match in July 2022.
While Flair has been the focus of several documentaries, this will be the first time he will be depicted in a feature film if that is what the project turns out to be.
A depiction of Flair did famously appear in last year’s “The Iron Claw” film in a performance that was panned by wrestling fans. WWE’s Grayson Waller played Flair on episodes of Johnson’s now-canceled “Young Rock” TV series on NBC.
