Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Hulk Hogan movie no longer in development

A Hulk Hogan-related project that Hollywood stars Ben Affleck & Matt Damon were once planning is no longer in development.

In 2024, it was revealed that Affleck & Damon’s production had acquired the script for a movie called “Killing Gawker” that would have focused on Hogan’s legal battle against Gawker after the website published a leak sex tape of him. TMZ reports that the movie is no longer happening, though, with the decision being made well before Hogan’s death.

“Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ [that] Artists Equity isn’t moving forward with the project, which hasn’t been in development for some time,” TMZ wrote. “We’re told the decision was made a while ago — long before Hulk’s passing — so, the two aren’t related to it whatsoever. It’s unclear why they decided to pull the plug on the film.”

Hogan was not involved with the project and was reportedly “indifferent” toward it — though he threatened to sue if the movie went too far in violating his privacy.

The sex tape was published by Gawker in 2012 and included footage of Hogan with Heather Clem, who was the wife of Hogan’s friend Bubba the Love Sponge (a radio host) at the time. Billionaire Peter Thiel backed Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, which was settled in 2016 and led to the website shutting down.

The leaked tape also featured Hogan’s racist remarks that, when made public, led to him being removed from the WWE Hall of Fame from 2015-2018. Those remarks were reported on by the National Enquirer and Radar Online, not Gawker.

While the Affleck & Damon project is not moving forward, Netflix is reportedly planning a Hogan docuseries that has been in the works since 2024. The wrestling legend passed away of cardiac arrest at 71 years old last week after experiencing complications from a May surgery.