India, April 10 -- Cristiano Ronaldo is stepping into Hollywood. The football star has teamed up with acclaimed director Matthew Vaughn to launch a joint venture film studio, UR*Marv. The 40-year-old shared the shocking news with his fans in a social media post on Thursday, calling the shift in his career an "exciting chapter."

Ronaldo, who is one of the greatest football players of all time, has a net worth of approximately $800 million, per Zonal Sports. According to Forbes, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner became the first active team-sport athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020. Last year, he topped the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes with estimated total earnings of $260 million, an all-time high f...