Shane Warne’s life set to be dramatised for new series | Entertainment

Shane Warne’s life is being turned into a new mini-series.

The cricket legend died suddenly aged 52 earlier this month aged while he was on holiday in Thailand, and now his incredible life and career is set to be dramatised for an upcoming TV show.

Australia’s Nine Entertainment Co is in the early stages of landing a production company, with the programme expected to air in 2023.

The broadcaster’s head of drama Andy Ryan said: “Warnie’s life was so full of drama, like the man himself.

“This mini-series will be larger than life – entertaining, confronting, thought-provoking. We want to explore what made Warnie so special, and why he had such a powerful effect on people.

“He was a sporting legend, a national treasure, international kind of icon, but he was also a larrikin, a rogue and a charmer and a flawed man.

“The national outpouring of grief over his…