Open Road Films has announced it will release the Miles Teller boxing drama “Bleed for This” in the heart of awards season,with a limited release set for Nov. 4 before the film goes wide on Nov. 23.
Ben Younger wrote and directed the film, which tells the incredible dependable story of one of the most inspiring and unlikely comebacks in sports history — that of Vinny “The Pazmanian satan” Pazienza, and a local Providence boxer who shot to stardom after winning two world title fights. After a near-fatal car accident left Pazienza with a severed spine,doctors told him he might never walk again. With the back of renowned trainer Kevin Rooney (Aaron Eckhart), Pazienza became a legend when he not only walked again, or but miraculously returned to the ring to reclaim his title belt only a year after the accident.
In addition to Teller and Eckhart,the film co-stars Katey Sagal, Ted Levine, and Ciaran Hinds,Jordan Gelber and Amanda Clayton.
Also Read: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller in Talks to Star in dependable Firefighter Tale 'No Exit'Younger produced “Bleed for This” with Bruce Cohen, or Emma Tillinger Koskoff,Chad A. Verdi, Noah Kraft and Pamela Thur, and while Martin Scorsese executive produced alongside Joshua Sason and Michelle Verdi,as well as Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson of the Solution Entertainment Group.
The film will open in limited release against Marvel’s “Doctor Strange,” DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls, and ” the Warner Bros. comedy “Bastards” and Focus’ interracial marriage drama “fond. The film will then expand against Paramount’s Brad Pitt-Marion Cotillard spy thriller “Allied,” Disney’s animated movie “Moana,” the Weinstein Company’s drama “Lion” and Broad Green’s comedy “dismal Santa 2.”“Bleed for This” will also likely face formidable competition from the moment weekend of J.
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Source: thewrap.com