Melora Hardin – best known as Jan from the US version of The Office – and pro wrestler Paul ‘Big Show’ Wight have signed on to star in the WWE-affiliated wrestling comedy, Knucklehead. With star power like that, Titanic had better watch out.
The film, which will be produced by WWE Studios, sees a debt-ridden wrestling promoter (Mark Feuerstein) stumble upon a 450-pound big unit (Wight) who agrees to wrestle for him in order to help the orphanage where he grew up.
Hardin will play the owner of the orphanage, who goes with the duo on a road trip across the States in order to enter Wight into a wrestling contest. So it’s Little Miss Sunshine, only with a sweaty giant instead of a little girl.
We’re not entirely optimistic about the quality of the finished product, if we’re honest, but there is a ray of sunshine: the great Dennis Farina has also joined the cast.
Michael Watkins is directing the movie, which began filming this week in New Orleans.