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Weider biopic Bigger casts its young Arnold Schwarzenegger

October 16, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Beeholder Productions has announced that it has found its young Arnold Schwarzenegger for Bigger, director George Gallo’s biopic of Joe and Ben Weider, with Mr. Universe 2014 Calum Von Moger set to take on the role of the Austrian Oak.

The film, which is in production now stars Tyler Hoechlin and Aneurin Barnard as bodybuilding pioneers Joe and Ben Weider, while the rest of the cast includes Julianne Hough, Victoria Justice, Robert Forster, Tom Arnold, Max Martini, DJ Qualls and Steve Gutternberg.

Bigger tells the story of the two brothers, who went on to revolutionise the sport of bodybuilding, co-founding the International Federation of Bodybuilding, Mr. Olympia, and launching a host of nutritional products, fitness equipment and publications.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bigger, Calum Von Moger

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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