The musical adaptation will feature a book and lyrics by Jon Brittain and music by Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler. It is being developed by Tilted Musicals, with Dwayne Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions collaborating. The film, a 2019 biopic about Saraya-Jade Bevis (Paige), starred Florence Pugh as Bevis, who was born into a wrestling family in Norwich and became a WWE champion at 18.
The film was written and directed by Merchant and co-starred Johnson as The Rock. ', which he is adapting for television. Bevis's life was the subject of a 2012 Channel 4 documentary, and she released a memoir, 'Hell in Boots: Clawing My Way Through Nine Lives', last year.
I always thought of it like a musical: a young woman from the 'chorus line' fighting to get her big break, surrounded by theatrical, larger-than-life characters and huge sweeping emotions.
Casting and a specific timeline for the musical have not been announced.
The team have captured the humour, grit and heart of the story in a way that feels both faithful to the film and completely fresh.
Fighting With My Family feels exceptionally well suited for the stage. It’s packed with personal emotion expressed through the dynamic world of wrestling, which has always been about storytelling and connecting with a live audience … As it comes to life musically, I have no doubt it will be an absolute blast for theatregoers.