EXCLUSIVE: Artists for Artists , the production company of Kenan Thompson and Johnny Ryan Jr., is developing a feature biopic on iconic wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage , we can tell you first.

Thompson and Ryan Jr. come to the project, titled Macho , as lifelong fans of Savage — Thompson, having worked with Savage on a Nickelodeon promo all the way back in 1999. The project stems from a completed script by Savage’s brother Lanny Poffo — who died in February 2023 — and Eric Shapiro.

Thompson and Ryan Jr. will produce alongside Paul Coy Allen of Midas Entertainment Group, with Jonathon Davino ( Immaculate ), Cory Litwin, Boris Shvarts, and Monica Weber exec producing. Range Select will handle sales on the project.

Born Randy Mario Poffo, “Macho Man” Randy Savage was one of th

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