New WWE Hire, WWE Films Update, Batista News, Snuka, More

Partial Source: PWInsider

— WWE has hired Tandy O’Donoghue as vice president, operations and new business development. O’Donoghue previously worked for the U.S. Tennis Association.

— WWE films will be doing a remake of the Chuck Norris film Missing in Action for a 2012 release.

— The Batista film Killing Karma will be released in 2011.

— Jimmy Snuka will be signing autographs at the PWHF (30 East Main Street, Amsterdam, NY) on April 3rd from Noon-4PM. Autographs will be $10, and all proceeds going to support the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

— The newest WWE book in development will be a history of the different WWE championships. The book will be released in the winter of 2010, and Kevin Sullivan (not the wrestler) has been picked to head up the project.

— Here are other WWE books that will be released this year:

* July 20th: Rumble Road: Untold Stories from Outside the Ring by Jon Robinson
* October 5th: WWE Heroes: Rise of the Firstborn (comic book trade paperback)
* December: WWE Confidential by Aaron Feigenbaum

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