WWE family drama? | Movie News
World Wrestling Entertainment's buff movie arm WWE Films (now WWE Studios?) is going to make a PG-rated "family drama" starring current WWE champion John Cena. Wait, what?
BROTHER'S KEEPER, to be helmed by television director Mel Damski and written by John Posey, will star Cena, and will now be adding Danny Glover, Patricia Clarkson, Devon Graye, and Madeleine Martin to the battle... erm... familial royale.
According to THR, the film will be about "a teenage boy (Graye) who tries to reunite his mother (Clarkson) and estranged older brother (Cena) 10 years after the death of their father, a state college wrestling legend. A brilliant student with no apparent athletic talents, the teenager decides to join the high school wrestling team as a way to pull the family together."
From what little info I can gather off the internets (and correct me on this if I'm being misinformed), WWE wrestling has apparently been making a move towards becoming more family-friendly with its entertainment, and this turn appears to be extending to all wings of the sports entertainment giant, including its films. Will this mean no more retarded but entertaining gems like THE MARINE? Only time will tell.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Extra Tidbit: WWE: Animal-friendly, too! Take THAT World Wildlife Fund!
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I don't know about this family drama. I think WWE should stick to action movies...
I don't know about this family drama. I think WWE should stick to action movies and sci-fi if they want to succeed with movies.
WWE shows are turning more family type shows. I want blood to come back and many says that Cena can't do it on the ring. I have seen some matches of him that goes in the books as the best. I think Cena can fight the bloody type matches. Seen his fight with late UMAGA when he defended and retained his Championship.
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As for WWE PG, the shows besides Raw all focus more on wrestling. And, if it means I'm not seeing stupid shit that's trying to be edgy like Katie Vick, HLA, Vince doing a colonostomy on a dummy of...
As for WWE PG, the shows besides Raw all focus more on wrestling. And, if it means I'm not seeing stupid shit that's trying to be edgy like Katie Vick, HLA, Vince doing a colonostomy on a dummy of JR, and so on, then WWE PG is for the better.
12:24PM on 12/09/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
But the films that WWE put out are God awful, and are now resorting them straight to DVD, which ain't a bad idea. There are fans of the wrestlers who star in them that will wanna see...
But the films that WWE put out are God awful, and are now resorting them straight to DVD, which ain't a bad idea. There are fans of the wrestlers who star in them that will wanna see them.
But this idea, a family drama, is just too strange. Cena, I'll admit is pretty good at being a guy that has to rescue his girlfriend, in BOTH 12 ROUNDS and THE MARINE. But I still can't stand the guy. He starts off as this heel (bad guy), and then all of a sudden it's like, "Well the guy's buff and girls think he's cute. Let's turn him into the most marketable star we've ever had." And they treat it as though he's a legend and the best that's ever stepped into the ring. His matches suck. They have a tendency to overrate them. He's NOT the fighting champion you people think he is, so stop it.
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Anyway...Dwayne Johnson *cough cough*..I mean...
Anyway...Dwayne Johnson *cough cough*..I mean The Rock may be coming back for a short stint with the business so that should spike their ratings a lil'...and keep John Cena from hogging the spotlight for a while. Oh, about the movie...not interested.
3:53AM on 12/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
That's what I mean. WWE would LOVE to be 'badass' again. They just cant. They'd love for John Cena to be the next Austin in terms of controversial acts, but in this era, they just need him to be a boyscout.
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As for films, they just came out with an R rated direct to dvd sequel to The Marine starring Ted Dibiase Jr.
As for films, they just came out with an R rated direct to dvd sequel to The Marine starring Ted Dibiase Jr.