00:00Ben Allfleck and Matt Damon are reuniting for a new film centered on the infamous Hulk
00:05Hogan lawsuit against Gawker Media.
00:08The project, titled Killing Gawker, which will dwell into the high-stakes legal battle
00:12that resulted in Gawker's bankruptcy, is set to be produced by their production company
00:17Artist Equity.
00:19The film will be adapted from a non-fiction book, Conspiracy Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan,
00:24Gawker, and The Anatomy of Intrigue, written by Ryan Holiday in 2018.
00:30The film will dramatize the 2016 lawsuit in which former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan,
00:35whose name is Terry Bollio, sued Gawker Media for posting a sex tape without his consent.
00:40Hogan won a $140 million judgment, a landmark decision that ultimately led to Gawker's bankruptcy,
00:47and raised significant questions about privacy and freedom of the press.
00:52Directed by Gus Van Sant, and the screenplay is being penned by Charles Randolph, Ben Allfleck
00:57and Matt Damon's new film on the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker lawsuit is set to offer a compelling
01:02look at a landmark case that reshaped the media landscape.
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