WWE wrestlers Drew McIntyre and Joe Hendry are set to star in a brand new unique live-action microdrama.
Drew McIntyre has landed yet one more appearing function
The sports activities leisure large has introduced a partnership with main verticals firm ReelShort on a brand new sequence, which can characteristic Scottish duo McIntyre and Hendry and SmackDown’s Jacob Fatu alongside microdrama stars Marc Herrmann and Chase Mattson.
WWE head of unique content material and improvement Ben Houser informed The Hollywood Reporter in an announcement: “By bringing WWE Superstars into the ReelShort cinematic world, we’re creating a brand new storytelling expertise for the WWE Universe, whereas reaching a recent viewers with premium content material on ReelShort’s modern platform.”
It is mentioned different WWE superstars are set to look within the drama.
Whereas Hendry and Fatu are but to essentially escape as actors, McIntyre has began making waves in Hollywood.
He made his appearing debut as murderer Rory Mackenzie in 2024’s The Killer’s Sport after being really useful by the film’s main man, former WWE champ Dave Bautista.
He is been off WWE TV just lately filming the Highlander reboot, which can see him play the brother of Henry Cavill’s character Connor MacLeod.
With that film in postproduction, McIntyre is holding busy on the set of The Final Druid, whereas the brand new vertical WWE challenge is because of begin capturing subsequent month with a premiere slated for later within the 12 months.
ReelShort’s head of expertise and enterprise improvement, Sammie Hao, added: ”Model partnerships are evolving past product placement.
“We’re creating leisure ecosystems the place manufacturers, expertise, and storytelling come collectively to construct cultural moments that audiences actively have interaction with and share.“
Regardless of verticals having a largely female-leaning fanbase, ReelShort is making an attempt to faucet right into a male viewers, because the WWE partnership follows 2025 thriller American Sniper: The Final Spherical.
Loads of WWE superstars have began to breakout as actors in recent times, following on from the success of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, John Cena and Bautista.
Later this 12 months, Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns will seem within the Avenue Fighter dwell motion film as Guile and Akuma respectively.
Rhodes additionally had a component within the latest The Bare Gun reboot, whereas Reigns’ most up-to-date function noticed him and CM Punk voicing the Zebros in Zootropolis 2.
