Ronda Rousey Pic At Netflix Taps ‘Euphoria’ Director Augustine Frizzell To Helm

Ronda Rousey Pic At Netflix Taps ‘Euphoria’ Director Augustine Frizzell To Helm

EXCLUSIVE: After setting up her biopic project with Netflix and Chernin Entertainment, Ronda Rousey is now ready to tag in the person to take on directing duties for the film adaptation of her bestselling memoirs. Sources tell Deadline that Augustine Frizzell is set to direct the biopic based on Rousey’s memoirs My Fight/Your Fight and Our Fight, which she co-wrote with her sister Maria Burns Ortiz. Chernin Entertainment is on board to produce. …

Ronda Rousey Pic At Netflix Taps ‘Euphoria' Director Augustine Frizzell To Helm

Ronda Rousey Biopic in the Works at Netflix with Euphoria Director Augustine Frizzell

Netflix is developing a Ronda Rousey biopic directed by Euphoria’s Augustine Frizzell. Based on Rousey's autobiographies, the film explores her rise from judo Olympian to UFC and WWE legend. The post Ronda Rousey Biopic in the Works at Netflix with Euphoria Director Augustine Frizzell first appeared on MMA UK.

Ronda Rousey biopic moving forward at Netflix, ‘Euphoria’ veteran set to direct

Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images A film telling Ronda Rousey’s life story is moving forward at Netflix and now the project has a director attached. Augustine Frizzell, who is best known for working on the Emmy-winning HBO series Euphoria, has been tapped to direct the biopic based on Rousey’s life. The film is based upon Rousey’s autobiography My Fight/Your Fight as well as her newest book Our Fight, which chronicles her rise to fame first…

Ronda Rousey Biopic Gets Director

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images For almost a decade, there have been reports that a biopic on the Baddest Woman on the Planet, ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey, is in the works. Now, finally, her biopic has received its director. Ronda Rousey is arguably the greatest UFC Fighter in the sport. Following her success in the Octagon, she made an impact in the world of professional wrestling. She is a multiple-time WWE Women’s World Champion. The Baddest W…

Ronda Rousey biopic taps female director

Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey’s highly anticipated biographical film has found its director in Augustine Frizzell, the acclaimed filmmaker behind HBO’s “Euphoria” pilot and the Sundance hit “Never Goin’ Back.” The Netflix production, based on Rousey’s bestselling memoirs “My Fight/Your Fight” and “Our Fight,” represents a remarkable journey from the octagon to the writer’s room for the trailblazing athlete. What makes this project particularl…