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Georges St. Pierre’s life story is getting the Hollywood treatment. | Getty/UFC
The life story of Georges St. Pierre is headed to the big screen.
According to Variety, a movie about the UFC Hall of Famer and two-division champion is in development. The biopic will be directed by Quebec-based director Thomas Soto and is expected to chronicle everything from St. Pierre’s formative years in Isidore Quebec to his journey to the top of the UFC. The report states that filmakers want to “reveal Georges, the man.”
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“We have been considering telling my story for a moment now, and when we found this team it was clear to us that we wanted this to be told in a new creative way,” St Pierre said in a statement.
St. Pierre is one of a handful of athletes in the running for greatest mixed martial artist of all-time. He had two reigns as UFC welterweight champion and also captured middleweight gold before calling it a career in 2018.
A Privilege and Responsibility
Soto, who has worked as a writer, director and director of photography, has earned a Rising Star Award nomination from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, per Variety.
“I want to tell the story of Georges behind GSP in a way that feels intimate, honest and deeply human,” Soto said. “To me, bringing that story to the world is both a privilege and a responsibility.”
Casting for the film will be announced at a later date.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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