Brian Tyree Henry joins forged of boxing drama ‘Flint Strong’

By Express News Service

Atlanta-star Brian Tyree Henry has joined the forged of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison’s upcoming characteristic directorial debut, Flint Strong. The boxing drama, written by filmmaker Barry Jenkins, relies on Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper’s boxing documentary T-Rex. The movie will observe the story of 17-year-old Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields. Hailing from Flint, Michigan, she had a dream of turning into the primary girl to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing, which she achieved on the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Then, she received her second gold medal on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Rachel Morrison

Henry will play Shields’ coach Jason Crutchfield, a job which was beforehand set to be portrayed by Ice Cube. The movie additionally stars Ryan Destiny and Olunike Adeliyi. Flint Strong was earlier shot for 2 days earlier than being shut down because of the pandemic. The venture later shifted base from Universal Studios to MGM and is now set to start manufacturing in Toronto subsequent week. Apart from writing the script, Jenkins can even function a producer.

Cinematographer-turned-director Morrison is greatest identified for her Oscar-winning cinematography in Mudbound and for the Marvel superhero movie Black Panther. Henry is greatest identified for his roles in movies like Widows, Godzilla vs Kong, and If Beale Street Could Talk. He was most not too long ago seen in Marvel’s superhero movie Eternals, and may at present be seen in FX’s Atlanta. He will subsequent star reverse Brad Pitt in Sony’s Bullet Train.