Leonardo DiCaprio, Abhay Deol collaborate for boxer Guglielmo Papaleo’s biopic

By Express News Service

Leonardo DiCaprio’s manufacturing home Appian Way Productions is teaming up with Bollywood star Abhay Deol’s Canada-based content material creation firm, Blisspoint Entertainment, and Singapore’s Golden Ratio Films for Pep, a biopic of the legendary mid-Twentieth century featherweight boxer Guglielmo Papaleo.

Professionally generally known as Willie Pep, he’s thought-about to be among the finest fighters of the Twentieth century. He had a 26-year-long profession with almost 2,000 rounds of boxing as knowledgeable.

The movie, set in 1965 shall be centered round one in all Pep’s comebacks, as he finds himself riddled with debt whereas supporting a spouse half his age and a drug addict son.

James Madio shall be taking part in Pep’s position within the movie, and Keir Gilchrist will essay the position of Pep’s son, Billy Junior. Ron Livingston essays the character named Bob Kaplan, who was Pep’s enterprise supervisor.

Pep, the movie, is directed by Rober Kolodny, and Steve Loff has penned its screenplay. Steve James is government producing the movie whereas Rober Greene would be the editor.