Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

The long in development biopic on the career of Gorgeous George may finally get filmed ... "Frozen" star Josh Gad has been hired to pen the WWE Studios movie.

Gad and his partner Ryan Dixon will be writing the flick ... according to a WWE Studios statement published by Variety -- which says the movie will be promoted across all of the companies platforms.

WWE Studios has yet to make a movie based on a wrestler's life story, but in 2010 they picked up the rights to John Capouya's book about Gorgeous George. At the time, a WWE Studios exec said they were eager to rush the film into production ... but that never happened.

Unclear when the movie is aiming to go into production.