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Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry, Katy O’Brian Join Sydney Sweeney in Christy Martin Boxing Biopic


Black Bear has announced Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian and more have joined Sydney Sweeney in the untitled film about boxer Christy Martin.

The movie will be produced by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts for Anonymous Content, David Michôd for Yoki, Inc., Justin Lothrop and Brent Stiefel for Votiv, Sweeney for Fifty-Fifty Films and Teddy Schwarzman for Black Bear, who is also fully financing. Executive producers include Michael Heimler and John Friedberg for Black Bear, Foulkes, Brad Zimmerman for Yoki, Inc., David Levine, Ryan Schwartz and Nick Shumaker for Anonymous Content, and Harrison Huffman. Behind this well-honed public persona, Christy tackled personal demons, toxic relationships, and an attempt on her life, proving that a fighter’s hardest won victories aren’t always in the ring,” the movie’s logline reads.

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