Charles Oliveira biopic in the works at 405 Films

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Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is having his life story adapted into a film.

Ahead of his upcoming title fight against Ilia Topuria at UFC 317 on June 28, Eduardo Ferro of 405 Films has acquired Oliveira’s life rights to adapt his story into a feature film.

The biopic is expected to shoot in Las Vegas and Brazil with plans to tell Oliveira’s story from his earliest days growing up in the favelas in Sao Paulo to his historic...