CROSSFACE (In Development)

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SRG Films has announced their plans to adapt the MatthewRandazzo book "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of thePro Wrestling Industry" into a big-screen biopic entitled Crossface. Fulldetails from the official press release are as follows:

Chris Benoit

"Crossface", a biographical thriller, delves intothe pressures WWE superstar Chris Benoit faced throughout his wrestling careeras the combination of drug-use, depression, and head trauma became increasinglyimpossible for him to handle. The true story made headline news in 2007 whenChris murdered his wife and young son before taking his own life.

SRG Films head Dale Alexander Carnegie is producing thefilm, while William Morris Endeavor (WME) is on board to package the project.Former Weinstein Company staffer, Sarah Coulter, turned in the first draft ofthe script in mid-October.

"All of us grow up believing that wrestling is fake,but looking at the shocking number of deaths in the industry, it quicklybecomes evident that there is nothing fake about the dangers of thissport," Carnegie said. "Chris Benoit has become a poster child foreverything that's wrong with professional wrestling and Sarah's terrific scriptcaptures his struggles and the many factors that led to the deaths of threepeople."

Coulter added: "People immediately point to steroids,never thinking about the brain trauma these wrestlers can, and do, incur intheir profession, nor do they consider the rigorous schedule that keeps themworking even when they shouldn t be. The Benoit story is one that needs to bebrought into the light.:

SRG Films, currently in talks with directors and actors,plans to begin filming in the fall of 2012.