According to Deadline, former WWE Champion Dave Batista (Bautista), is set to star in the rom-com “The Romantic”, which has been acquired by Paramount Pictures.
Deadline notes the film tells the story of bestselling romance author Francine London, who has a secret: she’s actually a six-foot-four mountain of a man named Ed Schwenke. When Ed’s identity comes under scrutiny, he hires a wildcard of a woman to pose as Francine at a romance fiction convention, while evading a cynical female journalist, who hates romance even more than she hates liars. No director is attached at present.
Bautista has also been reportedly offered a role in Amazon MGM’s sequel to the Road House remake. Bautista will be seen next in Aura Entertainment’s “Trap House”, and also Amazon MGM’s buddy cop action comedy “The Wrecking Crew”, also starring Jason Momoa.