Tiffany Haddish to play Olympic icon Florence Griffith Joyner in biopic

Known as Flo-Jo, Joyner helped popularise track and field in the US with her record-breaking Olympic run and flashy personality and style.

Many of the records that Joyner set in the 1988 Olympics include those in the 100 m and 200 m. She died in 1998 at the age of 38 of an epileptic seizure.

According to Variety, Haddish will also produce the yet-to-be titled movie alongside Game1 Co-CEO Basil Iwanyk and Greg Economou.

Joyner's widower and former coach, Al Joyner, will serve as a producer and creative consultant on the project.