This past Saturday at UFC190 Ronda Rousey successfully defended her Women’s Bantamweight title by disposing Bethe Correia via KO in a astounding 34 seconds.
The 12-0 athlete shows no signs of slowing down. She aims to defend her title for a 7th time against well known rival Miesha Tate in December and then go off to shoot Mile 22, a film Rousey will star in opposite Mark Walburg
Now variety has an exclusive that Rousey’s memoir and New York Times best seller My fight your Fight has been picked up by Paramount Pictures to become a major motion picture as Ronda Rousey playing herself. It’s not often someone plays themselves on a film but as we all know by now Rousey loves to break down barriers.
The film has no release date but director Mark Bomback is on board to adapt the book into a movie while Mary Parent will serve as producer.
Parent had this to say about the opportunity of making a best seller into a blockbuster
“It’s a real honor to be a part of bringing Ronda’s incredible story to the big screen,”
You can read the full story on this major announcement here http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ronda-rousey-biopic-autobiography-my-fight-your-fight-1201553460/
Who’s excited for this film!? I know I am.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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