Oscar Nominated Director Reportedly Set To Direct Upcoming Hulk Hogan ‘Killing Gawker’ Film

The upcoming rumored Hulk Hogan movie, ‘Killing Gawker’ reportedly has a director confirmed.

Closely rumored, a movie on Hulk Hogan’s notorious authorized battle towards Gawker is formally within the works. In 2012, Gawker printed a brief personal clip of Hogan with Heather Clem. The video contained personal moments and a cease-and-desist order was quickly despatched by the previous wrestler to Gawker to take down the video.

Sadly, issues didn’t go down easily, and shortly a authorized battle was drawn between the 2. In the long run, the WWE Corridor of Famer was awarded a number of good-looking financial compensations by the jury.

Now, as per a report from Selection, Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant is about to direct the movie. Van Sant is understood for his previous work with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘Good Will Searching’.

Extra Particulars On The Hulk Hogan Versus Gawker Authorized Battle

In March 2016, Hogan gained a judgment price $140 million towards Gawker, its founder Nick Denton, and certainly one of its editors. The jury discovered Gawker responsible of hampering Hogan’s emotional state and violating his privateness.

The settlement included $55 million for financial hurt and $60 million for emotional misery. On March 21, 2016, the jury additional awarded Hogan $25 million in punitive damages. And eventually, in November, Gawker settled price $31 million with the previous wrestler.