Olympic legend Greg Louganis has obtained the rights to his own life story – feature film now being developed

A feature film about the life of Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis is in the works!

“Thrilled that my story is going to be shared in a major biopic for the big screen!” Greg posted on Instagram yesterday. “Excited to have such a great team to be working with!”

Louganis himself and his manager, Greg. H. Sims, of Arya Worldwide Entertainment, are in development on a feature film of his life following a very complicated process of obtaining the rights to his story. Mathew Wilder (Dog Eat Dog, Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc) will write the screenplay.

The film will be expanding on the themes and events first explored in Louganis and Eric Marcus’ 1996 book Breaking the Surface, which spent five weeks at number-one on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Breaking the Surface was previously made into a television film starring Mario Lopez as Louganis.

Louganis won a total of four Gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics and a silver medal at thec1976 Olympics while still in high school.

He is also a leading figure in HIV / AIDS activism and is currently the Sports Director for Red Bull Cliff Diving and a regular on the Fortune 500 companies speaking circuit. In 2015 he was the subject of the Emmy, nominated HBO documentary Greg Louganis: Back on the Board.

“Every phase of my life feels like a gift, and the timing to make this film feels right,” Greg says. “I was grateful for the success of my book, for the television film, for the HBO documentary and its Emmy nomination, and for everything else, including my Wheaties box. I feel like I’m being accepted as a whole person now, and love that so much of this has happened in the last few years. I’m excited to have my story in development and to be made as a feature film and I am thrilled to share my story with a new generation.”