Over the past decade, he has primarily done comedy films. Flint, michigans claressa trex shields won a gold medal in 2012, the first time women were allowed to box in the olympics. Rachel morrisons flint strong finds its claressa shields variety. Rachel morrison will direct the movie, marking her feature film directorial debut. In this comingofage story, life outside the ring may be an even tougher fight. Claressa trex shields dreams of making olympic history. Shields is the subject of the 2015 documentary trex. Located in the gulf coast area of pensacola, florida, we specialize in weddings, graduations, sports, promotions, and more. Films that have completed principal photography and work. The humble beginnings in her hometown of flint, michigan, her heartbreaking first career loss. The former star actress will play claressa trex shields in the universal biopic, flint strong. Trex is an intimate comingofage story about a new kind of american heroine. A year later, shields met directors canepari and cooper, who asked if they could film her life for a network series about young, phenomenal athletes. The project has been in the works for some time, with jenkins being attached to the project.
This page is dedicated to black cinema titles which fall into any of the following categories. Story of first female olympic gold medalist claressa trex shields. The untitled billy eichner movie was in preproduction with production about to begin this month. Megyn kelly had to tell her young son his teacher died of. The project is based off the 2015 documentary, trex, which was directed by drea cooper and zackary canepari. Ice cube, ryan destiny to star in boxing biopic vibe. The story of claressa trex shields, a boxer from flint, michigan who trained to become the first woman in her countrys history to win an olympic gold medal in the sport.
In 2012, then 17yearold claressa trex shields, became the youngest woman and one of the first women to ever box in the olympics. Claressa shields makes olympic boxing history as universal. An untitled billy eichner romantic comedy, directed by nick stoller and produced by. Ryan destiny has landed her first major studio film. The studio continues to monitor the situation closely and will make a determination on when to restart production in the coming weeks. Like trex, the upcoming featurelength film will tell the story of a 17year shields, who sought to become the first american woman to win olympic gold in boxing. Eichners untitled movie is a romantic comedy about two gay men with commitment issues who fall for each other, and as a huge fan of billy on the street, i. Claressa shields will always remember where she came from.
Ice cube has joined the cast of a forthcoming boxing biopic flint strong, alongside ryan destiny. The story of claressa trex shields filmmakers are hard at work on a documentary about claressa trex shields of flint, who will become the youngest woman to box in the olympics this month in london. Hollywoods premier source for insider news and exclusives, tracking, analysis and coverage on all things film, television and. The documentary feature film trex, also codirected by drea cooper, told the story of teenage olympic boxer and flint native, claressa trex shields. The sports drama, based on the 2015 boxing documentary trex, follows claressa trex shields destiny, a 17yearold flint, michigan native who dreams of becoming the first woman in.
The project is based on the novel by james baldwin and has been an interest of jenkins for years after he wrote the script in 20. The universal pictures release is based off of a documentary on claressa trex shields, a. Universal halts liveaction film production due to coronavirus. New documentary details the life of olympic boxer claressa. Filmmakers are hard at work on a documentary about claressa trex shields of flint, who will become the youngest woman to box in the olympics this month in london. The movie is the directorial debut of blak panther director of photography and mudbound cinematographer rachel morrison.
A documentary film about 17 yearold female boxer, claressa trex shields. The study continues to monitor the situation closely and will make a decision on when to restart production in the coming weeks. Rachel morrisons sports drama flint strong, the story of claressa trex shields, has gone on hiatus. Universal halts production on liveaction films including. The story of claressa trex shields, a boxer from flint, michigan who trained to become the first woman in her. Creative executive mika pryce will oversee the project for the studio. The movie is the directorial debut of black panther director of photography and mudbound cinematographer rachel morrison. Untitled claressa shields project sales october 7, 2016 0. Biopic of olympic gold medal winning boxer, claressa trex shields, based on trex, a 2015 documentary about shields.
The film is based on trex, a 2015 documentary about shields. Kevin hart is set to star in an untitled actioncomedy from broad city duo lucia aniello and paul w. Her fight for gold is the comingofage story of boxing phenom claressa shields, who was just 17 years old when she won the. From beyonce to echosmith, a spotify playlist of the songs that help claressa shields, star of the new film t. But claressa trex shields is as tough as they come. Ray bogdanovich and dean lines writing crime drama pretty boy for hereford films. The biopic on groundbreaking boxer claressa trex shields has found its director. Oscarwinner barry jenkins has set his first postmoonlight feature film with an adaptation of if beale street could talk for annapurna pictures.
Downs, who will write the script as well as executive produce the film for universal pictures. Drea cooperzackary caneparisue johnson is raising funds for trex on kickstarter. The california series created new opportunities in both the commercial space and the editorial space for caneparis work and led to the project that first sent him to flint, michigan. Untitled film projects is an up and coming video production company. Meet claressa trex shields, who rose from the streets of flint, michigan, and at 17 won the first olympic gold medal for womens boxing in 2012. Her fight for gold is the comingofage story of boxing phenom claressa. Dominion, flint strong, and the untitled billy eichner project set to go on hiatus on friday. Hes writing a limited series based on colson whiteheads bestselling novel the underground railroad and a feature about claressa trex shields, americas first twotime olympic. Universal halts production on liveaction films including jurassic world. The width of your browser is too small to view the schedule. Connor martin sells comedy spec script federal offense to. Roger ebert prize for best film by first time filmmaker. Films in early development based on confirmed details released by the studio andor production company. How claressa trex shields rose from the streets of flint, michigan to the gold medal podium at.
Trex airs on pbs as flint boxing champ tries again for the gold. For the first time ever, womens boxing is included in the 2012 olympics. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Producers typically work with screenwriters preparing the story outline into a workable script in an effort to garner a greenlight for the. Luke cages mike colter shows gratitude after cancellation. Womens boxing didnt become an olympic event until 2012, but when it finally did, american boxer claressa shields took home the gold in her weight class. Claressa maria shields born march 17, 1995 is an american professional boxer. The sports drama is based on the 2015 boxing documentary trex, which follows claressa trex shields destiny, a 17yearold flint, michigan native who dreams of becoming the first woman in. Trex airs on pbs as flint boxing champ tries again for. Flint strong is a biopic about flint, michigan, boxer claressa trex shields, who became an olympic boxing champion. Boxer claressa shields trex documentary is in the works video included. Film producer sue jaye johnson discusses the making of the trex documentary, challenges during filming and what she sees next for claressa shields.
After netflix and disney shuttered all liveaction productions, universal has decided to do the same with jurassic world. Moonlights barry jenkins writes film on boxer claressa trex shields. Jurassic world 3 suspends filming amid coronavirus. And with that win, shields, making history yet again, also became the first usa boxer, male or female, ever to win two olympic gold medals. After netflix and disney closed all liveaction productions, universal decided to do the same with jurassic world. The sports drama, based on the 2015 boxing documentary trex, follows claressa trex shields destiny, a 17yearold flint, michigan native who dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an olympic gold medal in boxing. Kevin hart to star in actioncomedy from broad city duo, night school director. With ice cube, ryan destiny, olunike adeliyi, kylee d. Screenwriting news october 3october 9, 2016 filmdesigns. A comingofage drama based on the life of olympic gold medalist claressa trex shields. The documentary about claressa shields reveals her personal and public fight to become the best in the world at her sport. How claressa trex shields rose from the streets of flint, michigan to the gold medal podium at london 2012 as an olympic boxing champion. Please visit our mobile schedule page for easier access. What the oscar winners are working on next indiewire.
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