A biopic on UFC legend Georges St-Pierre is in the works.
Variety reported that the film is in development with Quebec director Thomas Soto attached to the project. The biopic will trace St-Pierre’s journey from Saint-Isidore, Quebec, to his MMA career. The filmmakers said they wanted to strip away the myth of “GSP the global icon” to “reveal Georges, the man,” per Variety.
“We have been considering telling my story for a moment now, and when we found this team it was clear to us that we wanted this to be told in a new creative way,” St-Pierre said in a statement to Variety.
Soto has earned a Rising Star Award nomination from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. His credits include his short film “Hold the Lighthouse”, the final season of the CBC television series “Six Degrees”, and the series “Still I Rise.”
“I want to tell the story of Georges behind GSP in a way that feels intimate, honest and deeply human,” Soto said in a statement to Variety. “To me, bringing that story to the world is both a privilege and a responsibility.”
MMA fans and analysts consider GSP one of the greatest fighters of all time. He owns a 26-2 career record in MMA and is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and three-time former UFC Welterweight Champion. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2020.
