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More WWE wrestlers are jumping to films

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Mixed-martial-arts star Rampage Jackson drew mixed reviews as B.A. Baracus in “The A-Team,” but World Wrestling Entertainment is hoping the stars who occupy its own ring can carry some new films — or at least play key character parts.

The Vince McMahon-run enterprise is pressing forward to make modestly budgeted films that feature (but don’t necessarily give lead roles to) the wrestlers whose careers it’s helped cultivate.

The latest development news comes with a new movie from the WWE wrestler known as Edge.

He’ll star in “Chasing the Hawk,” an action-comedy about a New Orleans lawyer who loses a classic car he holds dear and then sets out to find it.

Principals at WWE Studios, the organization’s film-production arm, say they hope to make more than just action films.

One previously announced development project: “Inside Out,” which stars Triple H, but in more of a crime-drama, with the unlikely cast of Michael Rapaport, Parker Posey and Bruce Dern around him.

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