André the Giant biopic battling towards Hollywood green light

The biopic will be based on the Lion Forge Comics graphic novel André the Giant: Closer to Heaven.

A biopic of the wrestler André the Giant is to move into production with the full backing of the battling 7ft 4in behemoth’s family, reports Variety.

He was also the face of an anti-corporate marketing campaign, André the Giant Has a Posse, by the American street artist Shepard Fairey.