Alex A. Ginzburg and Tony Lee of Let It Play announced today that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) has signed on to direct Crossface, the true story of wrestler Chris Benoit.
Lexi Alexander is an Academy Award nominee for her short film Johnny Flynton.
Alexander is also a World Karate and Kickboxing Champion and an expert in mixed martial arts.
It was later discovered that Benoit was posthumously diagnosed with CTE, severe brain degeneration, believed to be associated with his career as a wrestler.