Is Ben Affleck Playing Hulk Hogan and Finally Getting a Divorce?

By Mike Redmond | Celebrity | August 6, 2024 |

By Mike Redmond | Celebrity | August 6, 2024 |

True story. Last night I almost made the Pajiba Love headline about the Ben Affleck possibly playing Hulk Hogan business, but ultimately decided to go with Jennifer Garner going HAM for Deadpool & Wolverine. Did that help goose the good vibes that brought us the Tim Walz running mate news this morning? Obviously, yes, and you will bow before me. — Without looking at my Josh Shapiro tweets! Get back here.

Anyway, let’s talk about Affleck, I guess. Whatever.

After rumors first started kicking around on PWInsider that Affleck and Matt Damon are looking to tackle a film on Hulk Hogan’s infamous battle with Gawker, Variety has confirmed that the project is in active development. However, casting is still in the… air? I will go hang myself in the garage now.

Artists Equity, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production banner, has acquired a screenplay written by Charles Randolph and based on Ryan Holiday’s book “Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker and the Anatomy of Intrigue.” The project, titled “Killing Gawker,” is in active development.

Gus Van Sant, who previously helmed Affleck and Damon’s “Good Will Hunting,” is set to direct. While it’s been rumored that Affleck will take on the role of the controversial wrestler, no casting has been announced at this time.

The word is that Affleck will play Hogan and Damon will play Thiel, and I dunno, but it feels like that should be reversed. That said, I can see Affleck going for this kind of splashy role because he’s never shied away from thrusting himself into the spotlight with disastrous results. See: His grimdark murdery Batman, and his current marriage to Jennifer Lopez, which also immediately farted out.

If it feels like we’ve been talking about their pending divorce all summer, it’s because we have! Me, especially, because I’m a clickmonger by trade. I’ve gone back and forth on whether they’re truly over, but this latest report from Page Six put things in perspective. She’s embarrassed as hell, and rightfully so.

“She’s furious. He has humiliated her. He was the one who initiated getting back together,” a source told the outlet. “He’s humiliated her because she made a big deal that he’s the love of her life. They just had two weddings two years ago. This is some kind of a record, they’re not young kids.”

According to the source, Affleck is holding off on filing papers to spare Lopez any more embarrassment, which does explain whatever the hell has been going on here. They’ve obviously been apart. He completely skipped her 55th birthday, which says it all right there. Plus, JLo is reportedly (and, again, rightfully) pissed that their kids formed close bonds while Ben is clearly fine with tossing that in the trash.

Christ, he’s got a faux hawk now. If you thought he had Divorced Dad energy before, the dude is five seconds away from buying a Cybertruck and getting really into Joe Rogan.