Director chosen for upcoming Netflix Ronda Rousey biopic

A movie about Ronda Rousey’s life is moving forward at Netflix with a director now attached to the project.

Deadline reported today that Augustine Frizzell will direct the biopic, which is based on Rousey’s two memoirs “My Fight/Your Fight” and “Our Fight.” The script for the movie was written by Rousey herself after spending time working as an intern in the story department for agency William Morris Endeavor (WME).

“When it came to finding a director, everyone involved wanted a woman to help tell Rousey’s story. After meeting several candidates, Frizzell came in and blew everyone away with her take for the film,” Deadline wrote. “A fan of Rousey long before she began directing TV episodes and feature films, sources say Frizzell had read both memoirs before she got the call to meet on it and knew right away this job needed to be hers. Not only is Frizzell a fan, but in her spare time she trains in Muay Thai and is well-versed in the world in which the former UFC champion came up.”

Frizzell’s past work includes directing the films “Never Goin’ Back” and “The Last Letter from Your Lover,” the latter of which was a Netflix movie. She’s also set to direct multiple episodes of the upcoming Netflix series “The Boroughs.”

Frizzell also directed the pilot episode of the popular HBO series “Euphoria.”

Rousey’s respective memoirs were released in 2015 and 2024 and documented her life growing up through her stardom in judo, UFC, and WWE. She has not fought in MMA since 2016 or wrestled since 2023, recently opening up about the help she’s getting for neurological issues she’s experienced as a result of concussions she suffered in her fighting career.

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In addition to writing the script for this movie, Rousey has penned a graphic novel called “Expecting the Unexpected” that will be published this October. There is no release date for the Netflix movie yet.