WrestleZone Radio is proud to present this exclusive look at the newly announced Andre the Giant movie based off of Lion Forge Comic’s Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven graphic novel.
You can find some transcribed quotes from the daughter of Andre the Giant, Robin Christensen-Roussimoff, about the upcoming film below.
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On who could play her father, Andre the Giant, in this upcoming film:
Robin: It will be a live action movie. Who’s going to play my Dad? I think I’ll leave that to the professionals. We are going to have to get a character actor, obviously. I don’t know how they are going to do it exactly. They might do somebody that is tall enough for visual and then have someone do the voice. I don’t know if it’s going to be digital or practical make-up. It will be interesting. He had such a unique look. He had such a unique voice. They are really going to need to pull out a lot of special effects for this.
On potential cameos from wrestlers Andre worked with or cast members from The Princess Bride:
Robin: I would say the chances are probably pretty high. The Princess Bride was such a big thing in his life and his career. They are going to have to have other wrestlers depicted in this. I would say there is a pretty good chance. I am sure they will find people to portray them. I don’t know that it will actually be them.
On who she would like to see direct the movie:
Robin: My personal choice, in my geekdom, is Joss Whedon. He’s just got such an interesting view of things that I think he could make it a lot of fun. That’s my personal pick but I don’t know who they have in mind.
On when the movie could be in theaters:
Robin: It’s going to be a couple of years. They are still finalizing the script and the director. They still have to cast. It’s going to be a couple of years.
This exclusive starts with WrestleZone Radio’s Nick Hausman also chatting with Robin Christensen-Roussimoff about:
- Working with Stone Village Productions to create a live action movie about the life of her father
- What her role as a consultant on the movie entails
- Shaquille O’Neil appearing in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania
- More…
Nick then jumps over to an interview he did with Lion Forge Comic’s President Geoff Gerber and Lion Forge’s Sales Manager Devin Funches. Geoff & Devin chat candidly with Nick about:
- Working with Robin to create the graphic novel Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven
- Whether or not the intention was to always turn Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven in to a movie
- Why Stone Village Productions was the right fit to bring the graphic novel to the big screen
- Chavo Gurrero’s upcoming comic book series Warrior’s Creed being developed by Lion Forge
- Working with Chavo to craft a fictional legacy of his family
- Warrior’s Creed being released in English and Spanish
- How Chavo’s comic has ties to Deadpool
- The chances of a Warrior’s Creed becoming a movie
- More…
Nick recently did an interview with Chavo Guerrero Jr. about working with Lion Forge to develop Warrior’s Creed. You can listen to it in the embedded audio player below:
