Bill Simmons’s first project with HBO—aside from the podcasts he has been churning out—is a documentary about André The Giant.
According to The New York Post, Simmons is working with Jonathan Hock on the film. Hock’s previous sports documentaries include a look at the “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic hockey team.
André The Giant (André René Roussimoff) was a popular wrestler for the WWF and was, as his name indicated, a giant man. He was 7’4″ and 500 pounds.
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