UFC champ's a Weapon

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by: Dave Davis Nov. 28, 2007

Confession: I've never watched Ultimate Fighting Championship. If I feel compelled to watch random humans pummel each other in a variety of styles, there are a few local seedy drinking establishments that can regularly provide such entertainment. So aside from the dude who appeared on ENTOURAGE, I'm not familiar with a single one of the UFC's professional punchers. But I do know that some of them are making their way into the movie biz.

Ex-middleweight champ Rich "Ace" Franklin is the latest to take a shot at motion picture stardom, as the title role in an action flick called WEAPON. Franklin plays a "genetically engineered super-soldier" being hunted by his creator (the normally reliable Bruce Greenwood). Franklin's fleeing fighter hooks up with a border patrol cop, improbably played by (holy OMG remember her?) Tiffani Theissen, who gives him some help.

Stuntman John Stead is in Ontario directing the flick, which you might have seen when it was called UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, SOLO or something that starred Olivier Gruner.

Source: Variety

Extra Tidbit: Franklin apparently got his nickname because of a resemblance to Jim Carrey.

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angershark
8:06PM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

heh, to be honest, i knew of his nickname 'ace' before knowing what it was a reference to. after they mentioned it before one of his fights, it just clicked for me and now i can't NOT see it. but i can see how not everyone would :P either way, forrest griffin was on law and order, and his acting was just terrible. almost as bad as Adam Beach.

Phatmaster
11:01AM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I still don't think he looks like Jim Carrey angershark.

Broken Halo
12:28AM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

OH GOD!

Why am I screenwriter again? Oh yeah its that warm and toasty feeling I get when I learn that pieces of shit like this are being made.

angershark
12:22AM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

this movie will probably suck, and phatmaster, the proof is in the photo RIGHT THERE at the top of the screen! that's ace ventura if he was made of muscle!!!

DarkKnight81
11:08PM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

This just in: Rich Franklin got his ass beat by Anderson Silva and hasnt been the middleweight champ for a long time. Also this movie will end up STV.

Phatmaster
11:03PM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

How the frigin world does he look like Jim Carrey?

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