Muhammad Ali Film ‘A God Amongst Men’ Casts Nicholas Pinnock, Christopher Eccleston (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Nicholas Pinnock (“For Life”) will play world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in “A God Amongst Men.” The film, co-written and to be directed by James Newton (“2:Hrs”), also stars Christopher Eccleston (“Dodger”), and is based on the true story of Ali’s visit to Tyneside, U.K., in 1977.

The film is co-written by Ian Skelton (“Hey Duggee”). Newton said: ” ‘A God Amongst Men’ is based upon the true story of how one man, Johnny Walker, outrageously claimed that he would bring Muhammad Ali to Tyneside in 1977 to save a boxing club from closure.

Johnny was instantly ridiculed and he became a laughing stock. But Johnny didn’t give up on his dream. He found the people to help make the impossible possible.” The film is produced by Adam Rolston and David Braithwaite for Studio Pictures (“A Street Cat Named Bob”) with Bob Clarke (“Boiling Point”) and Picnik Entertainment’s Nicola Pearcey (“A Girl Can Touch the Sky”) serving as executive producers.Pre-production will start in August and filming will wrap by the end of the year.In order to engage their audience early, Studio Pictures is releasing an exclusive NFT art drop at the end of July.

Collaborating with a leading British comic artist, 11 hand-drawn cartoon characters based on real-life working-class kids from the film called “The Skidz” — an abbreviation of boxing club Shields Park Kids — will be created.