Exclusive: Jasmine Mathews, Sonja Sohn, John Magaro and Shein Mompremier (Black Lightning) have joined the cast of Sony Pictures and Affirm Films’ untitled biopic of legendary two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman, from director George Tillman Jr..
They will star alongside previously announced cast members including Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones, and Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker.
The film will follow the remarkable life and times of Foreman, from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire, to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back in the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Tillman Jr. and Frank Baldwin penned the screenplay,...
They will star alongside previously announced cast members including Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones, and Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker.
The film will follow the remarkable life and times of Foreman, from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire, to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back in the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Tillman Jr. and Frank Baldwin penned the screenplay,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Darren Mann, a heat-seeking actor from the indie world, has been cast opposite Morgan Freeman in the upcoming film “The Minute You Wake Up Dead.”
From director Michael Mailer, Mann joins Freeman, Cole Hauser (“Yellowstone”) and Jamie Alexander in the project, billed as a neo-noir thriller. It follows a stockbroker in a small southern town who gets involved in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor, which leads to multiple murders. Timothy Holland wrote the screenplay, and Milestone Studios is handling production finance and sales.
Mann broke out in the 2018 drama “Giant Little Ones,” an official selection of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. His performance as a closeted teen earned him the 2019 Leo Award (one of three), given to the best in film and television in British Columbia.
He most recently starred in IFC’s “Embattled” as a high-school prodigy who steps into the Mma cage to fight his father,...
From director Michael Mailer, Mann joins Freeman, Cole Hauser (“Yellowstone”) and Jamie Alexander in the project, billed as a neo-noir thriller. It follows a stockbroker in a small southern town who gets involved in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor, which leads to multiple murders. Timothy Holland wrote the screenplay, and Milestone Studios is handling production finance and sales.
Mann broke out in the 2018 drama “Giant Little Ones,” an official selection of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. His performance as a closeted teen earned him the 2019 Leo Award (one of three), given to the best in film and television in British Columbia.
He most recently starred in IFC’s “Embattled” as a high-school prodigy who steps into the Mma cage to fight his father,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
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