Sony Pushes Release For George Foreman Biopic By Two Weeks
deadline.comSony has pushed back the release for its untitled, upcoming biopic on boxing great George Foreman by two weeks, from March 24 to April 7, 2023.The AFFIRM Films title starring Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones and Forest Whitaker will follow Foreman’s remarkable trajectory, from Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight champion to 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.George Tillman Jr.
is directing the film from a script and handled revisions on the script by Dan Gordon with Frank Baldwin. Peter Guber is producing with David Zelon.MORENew and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules
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