- HollywoodReporter.com has a news story about actor Nicholas Cage being in talks to play the leading role in a movie called 'The Wrestler'. The movie is about a 1980's burned-out wrestling star who suffers a heart attack during a match and forced to retire. After taking a job at a deli, moving in with a stripper and tries to connect with her son, he weighs the idea of a rematch with his old nemesis despite doctors telling him he could die if he wrestles again. The screenplay is written by Robert Siegel and the movie is in development at Protozoa Pictures, which was the production company behind 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream'.