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Netflix axes huge show starring Chris Hemsworth after 'business glitch'

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Netflix axes huge show starring Chris Hemsworth after 'business glitch'
Netflix axes huge show starring Chris Hemsworth after 'business glitch'

NETFLIX has axed a huge show with a Hollywood superstar after an apparent "business glitch".

The streaming giant was reportedly in talks to make a new biopic on the early life of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.

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Hollywood A-lister Chris Hemsworth was set to play the wrestling legend in the showCredit: PA
Netflix was said to have been planning a new biopic into the early life of Hulk Hogan
Netflix was said to have been planning a new biopic into the early life of Hulk HoganCredit: AFP

Netflix was said to have commissioned the show into the wrestler's life before the pandemic and Hollywood A-lister Chris Hemsworth was being lined to star as Hulk.

However, bosses have now canned the project after behind the scenes issues.

It led to 70-year-old Hulk deciding to take the rights to his incredible life "somewhere else".

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Explaining the situation, he said: “So it was a situation where business-wise, Netflix kind of like missed the date, you know, as far as a business situation. And so I had the choice at that time to switch gears."

Hulk continued to Chris Van Vliet's podcast: “All of a sudden there was a business glitch, you know, and then they tried to fix it a few days later. And I’d already decided to move on.

"So, my life rights and stuff are somewhere else now. And there are a lot of things that are getting ready to happen.

"And hopefully, Todd Phillips and Chris Hemsworth will still want to play. But there’s still a huge opportunity there.”

The former wrestler previously had his own fly-on-the-wall reality show in the early 2000s.

Called Hogan Knows Best, cameras followed him and his family around, capturing their day-to-day lives and dramas.

It ran for four seasons on VH1 before being axed.

Earlier this year Hulk announced he was engaged to Sky Daily in a touching video revealing just how he dropped the big question.

The former wrestler previously had his own fly-on-the-wall reality show in the early 2000s
The former wrestler previously had his own fly-on-the-wall reality show in the early 2000sCredit: Getty

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