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Sydney Sweeney Christy Martin Boxing Biopic Adds Tony Cavalero


The Righteous Gemstones' Tony Cavalero is starring in the Sydney Sweeney led untitled Black Bear Christy Martin biopic.

The film directed by David Michôd from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mirrah Foulkes, follows the true story of formidable Christy Martin, who rose to fame as America’s most successful female boxer in the 1990s. The untitled project is being produced by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts for Anonymous Content, 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. EPs 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.

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