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Skydance Sports Boards Hyde Park’s Arthur Ashe Biopic; Elegance Bratton In Talks To Direct


With Wimbledon in full swing, here's some news about one of their greats. Skydance Sports is coming aboard Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group biopic about Wimbledon tennis champ and African American civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. The Inspection and By Any Means director Elegance Bratton is in talks to direct.

Skydance Sports is coming aboard Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group biopic about Wimbledon tennis champ and African American civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. Bratton also recently directed the Hammerstone Studios, Thunder Road, Freedom Principle, and North.Five.Six’s crime thriller By Any Means starring Mark Wahlberg, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Giancarlo Esposito and Josh Lucas. Recently released projects include Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, Stadium Lockup, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, Freediver, and the Sports Emmy-nominated NFL Draft: The Pick is In,Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants, and Kelce.

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