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Few athletes have lived a life as dramatic as George Foreman. The legendary professional, boxer, entrepreneur, minister, and author, isn’t just a heavyweight champion but a man who reinvented himself many times and never gave up no matter what challenges he faced. A dominant force in the world of boxing and sports, he made several unlikely decisions just when the world thought they had figured him out, leaving spectators surprised.

George Foreman has passed away at the age of 76 | Credits: George Foreman’s Ig

Well, given the extraordinary career and life he led, both in the boxing ring and outside of it, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood rushed in for the rights to a film. Thus, Big George Foreman came about, Sony’s take on the film with the legendary boxer himself attached to the film. An attempt to capture the brilliance of the legend...

Big George Foreman is equally thrilling for both sports movie lovers and boxing fans. When it comes to Rocky fans, in particular, the thrill of an underdog story is particularly captivating. The movie, Big George Foreman, is a biopic that tells an incredible real-life story of a legendary boxer who became the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing.

A still from Big George Foreman | Credit: Sony Pictures

The movie follows the story of the challenging and interesting life of an African-American man who navigates the challenging paths of his life to achieve success. The film lightly touches on the political and cultural struggles of African Americans at the time of the civil rights movement. Instead, the film shows the struggles of the everyday life of George Foreman and his rise from the tremendous struggles he faced. Let’s take a look.

A story of resilience and redemption A...

Regarded as one of the greatest sporting events of the 20th century, The Rumble in the Jungle was a heavyweight championship boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. The event reportedly had an attendance of 60,000 people and was one of the most-watched televised events at the time. Muhammad Ali won the match by knockout in the eighth round, and his rope-a-dope strategy drew attention.

George Foreman has passed away at the age of 76 | Credits: George Foreman’s Ig

Despite an intense match, Ali and Foreman became friends post their match. When Ali received an Academy Award for When We Were Kings but had trouble walking to the stage due to his Parkinson’s syndrome, Foreman helped him. George Foreman, who recently passed away at the age of 76, had shared the details about the match.

George Foreman recalls his devastating defeat at The Rumble in the Jungle

Directed by George Tillman Jr.,...

George Foreman, the legend of the boxing ring who also found big success with his branded grill, has passed away. He was 76 years old.

Per Instagram, Foreman's family announced that the two-time world heavyweight champion died peacefully on Friday, March 21, while surrounded by loving famly members. The family did not address the cause of death, though they shared a statement expressing the sorrow that's being felt by everyone who knew Foreman. The post also included an image of Foreman with his family.

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"Our hearts are broken," the post stated. "With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.

George Foreman, legendary boxing champion, Olympic gold medalist and spokesperson for the highly successful George Foreman Grill, has died. He was 76.

The fighter’s family confirmed his death with a lengthy post on Instagram.

The post reads: “Our hearts are broken. With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.”

“A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two-time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected — a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name— for his family.”

The message concluded: “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers, and kindly ask for privacy as...

George Foreman, the charismatic boxer turned infomercial star who had a retail hit with his Foreman Grill product line, died Friday. He was 76.

The Texas-born Foreman became Heavyweight Champion of the World, and segued into a TV staple and pop culture icon. He was swept up in the swirl of decade-defining events surrounding Muhammad Ali as well as Joe Frazier and other high-wattage pugilists of the 1970s. In the 1990s, Foreman took advantage of the availablity of low-cost TV time to launch his Foreman Grill home grill product through a series of infomercials that he hosted.

Foreman famously had a close call in the ring in 1977 that drove him to quit boxing and declare himself a born-again Christian. He became an ordained minister in 1978 and began preaching in his hometown of Houston. He shocked the sports world when he returned to boxing in 1987 and wound up reclaiming his Heavyweight Champion...

Picture: Apple Cider Vinegar is now available to stream on Netflix UK

It’s a busy start to February on Netflix UK with 56 new additions to the library, including more legacy content from the WWE.

First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:

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Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 60 Minutes

Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman,

Kaitlyn Dever previously wowed audiences for her performance in Unbelievable and will star in the upcoming second season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us.

Belle and Milla, two young women scammed the world into thinking their wellness remedies were cures for deadly illnesses, but as the lies began to catch up with them, their lives began to unravel.

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Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 50 Minutes

Cast: Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Franz Hartwig, Joshua Kantara

Given the...

Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was a poster child for the power of inclusion when it broke box office records in 2023, but the $1.45 billion-grossing movie is only the 119th most inclusive film made in the past five years, according to the Inclusion List.

The annual list — presented by Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, in collaboration with the Adobe Foundation — is a data-driven ranking that identified the 150 most inclusive films from 2019 to 2023 and ranks a single year’s films across gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, disability and age representation.

“Our goal with the Inclusion List is to celebrate those who are showcasing and working with exceptional talent from all backgrounds,” stated Dr. Smith in a press release announcing the researchers’ findings. “In the second year of its release, the newest iteration of the Inclusion List spotlights films, filmmakers, and distributors who clearly demonstrate that inclusion...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2024 Oscars Predictions:

Best Original Score Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Credit: AppleTV+

Weekly Commentary: It’s Ludwig Göransson taking home another Oscar for “Oppenheimer,” following his first win for “Black Panther.”

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Will Win: “Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)

Could Win: “Killers of the Flower Moon...

Anime has the incredible ability to tackle the impossible where nothing is off limits, whether it’s fantastical adventures, giant robot mayhem, or even a deconstruction of popular sports and recreational pastimes. Anime embraces every sport imaginable, no matter how niche, but there’s been a surprising amount of series that explore the highs and lows of boxing.

Boxing is in the middle of a cinematic renaissance after movies like Creed III, Big George Foreman, and Prizefighter. Anime has respected this demanding activity for decades and it’s fascinating to look back on the medium’s diverse history with the sport, as well as which boxing anime deserve to be crowned heavyweight champions.

Updated by Sage Ashford on November 30th 2023: This list has been updated to offer more information on the best boxing anime.

Related 10 Best Sports Anime That Aren't About Mainstream Games Many of the best sports anime...

Netflix’s One Piece sailed to the top of the original streaming series rankings in its first week of release. Suits, meanwhile, maintained its grip on the top of the overall charts.

One Piece, a live-action adaptation of the beloved manga and anime, delivered 1.31 billion minutes of viewing in the United States for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3 (it premiered Aug. 31). It ranked first among original series in the weekly rankings, bumping Who Is Erin Carter? (1.02 billion minutes) from the top spot.

The 1.31 billion minutes for One Piece equates to 21.85 million hours of viewing in the U.S. — a little under 16 percent of the worldwide total Netflix reported in its own top 10 rankings for the week. (Nielsen and Netflix use different methods to calculate viewing time.)

Suits racked up another 2.45 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix and Peacock and remained the top overall title in the rankings for the 11th straight week.

Big George Foreman deviates from the real-life story of George Foreman, making significant changes that affect the boxing legend's story in the film. The addition of the character Desmond Baker has major effects on the narrative and the management of George Foreman's money in the film. The biopic excludes George Foreman's other marriages and doesn't accurately portray his retirement from boxing after turning to religion.

Big George Foreman deviated from the real-life story of George Foreman in several key ways. Based on the life and career of boxer, minister, and entrepreneur George Foreman, the sports biopic Big George Foreman covers the titular athlete’s early life up to his legendary return to the ring after a 10-year hiatus. Despite remaining fairly true to George Foreman’s actual life, Big George Foreman still makes some significant changes.

Given the involvement of the real-life boxer, Big George Foreman doesn’t stray far...

Warner Bros. isn’t happy with industry consensus appointing “Gran Turismo” as the weekend’s top-grossing film, beating “Barbie.”. It will be small solace, but Warners’ “Meg 2: The Trench” is the dominant title on this week’s VOD charts.

“Meg 2” moved to PVOD after 21 days — a quick turnaround previously reserved for Max exclusives and/or lower-budget titles like “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” and “House Party.” However, “Meg 2” is the $130 million sequel to a film that grossed over $500 million worldwide.

It dropped Friday and quickly reached #1 at iTunes. It also is #1 at Vudu, more impressive since its chart covers seven days and “it “Meg 2” was available for only three of them. Google Play, as always lagging a few days behind, has it at #3 and rising.

“Meg 2” opened two weeks after “Barbie,” yet came to PVOD at least 11 days ahead of Greta Gerwig’s #1 film for 2023. Though not confirmed, the PVOD...

On paper, it seemed like a quiet weekend at the box office. "Blue Beetle" entered its second weekend and the only major newcomer was Sony's racing drama "Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story," which is, as the title implies, based on a real story about a gamer who ends up getting the chance to become a racing driver. But between National Cinema Day bringing out tons of moviegoers on Sunday and an unexpectedly tight race for the top spot on the charts, things did get interesting after all. Now, Warner Bros. and Sony are in a bit of a dispute over who actually came in at number one. So, was it "Gran Turismo" or "Barbie" on top? It depends on who you ask.

According to Variety, Warner Bros. is claiming that "Barbie" was the number one movie this past weekend, with Greta Gerwig's blockbuster taking in $15.1 million in its sixth frame.

Many boxers have had their incredible true stories translated to the big screen and come later this week, legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World George Foreman will be having his larger-than-life tale told in the aptly titled, Big George Foreman. Also known by its longer but still equally accurate title Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, the latest film from writer/director George Tillman Jr. (The Hate U Give) will chronicle all the major events of George Foreman's career and life; a life that includes humble beginnings as an aspiring boxer, a near-death experience that completely changed his worldview, and an unprecedented comeback that nobody in the boxing game could have possibly anticipated.

A strong quarter at the movies couldn’t stop Sony from taking a dive in terms of profits.

The Japanese electronics conglomerate reported revenues of $20.3 billion for the quarter, besting Zacks’ estimates of $18.6 billion.

However, profits fell approximately 31% year over year, with $1.8 billion this quarter compared to an adjusted profit total of $2.5 billion this time last year.

The Japanese giant continued to benefit from its domination in the video game field, as well as creating must-have image sensors for everyone’s smartphone. But this quarter, Miles Morales was the star of its motion picture division.

The animated star of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” contributed to better-than-expected earnings at the company, with the blockbuster sequel earning $684 million worldwide at the box office thus far. Most of that came in June, and papered over comparatively soft performances from “Big George Foreman,” “The Machine” and “No Hard Feelings.”

It helped the overall division claim a profit of $111 million,...

Movie boxers are a dime a dozen, but a few do stand out as some of the best, so here are the 12 best pound-for-pound boxers in sports movies. Boxing has long been one of the most popular sports to feature in movies due to it being more personal, with it focusing on two individuals facing off in the ring. Because of this, boxing has been a staple of sports movies from the beginning of film up to the modern day. All kinds of movie boxers exist in the pop culture ethos, but these 12 are the best.

Boxing movies span all kinds of genres, with popular dramas, comedies, and action movies centering on the sport. Many boxing movies are biopics, with films like Ali, Raging Bull, The Fighter, and 2023's Big George Foreman being some of the best examples. However, due to the stars of these movies being iterations of real-life boxers,...

Screen Rant is excited to reveal an exclusive peek at the gag reel for Big George Foreman. The movie tells the story of acclaimed boxer George Foreman and his journey from poverty to becoming a promising young boxer. After suffering a near-fatal injury, Foreman vows never to box again and hangs up his gloves for the collar, becoming a preacher. However, with the threat of bankruptcy looming closer, he decides to step back into the ring, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion boxer in history.

Big George Foreman is not the standard sports story examining his long life between his time as a boxer. As he grapples with the decision to become a boxer again and the intense training to once again come out on top. Big George Foreman debuts on digital June 13 and on Blu-ray and DVD on June 27.

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With six of the top eight film distributors committed to their own streaming sites — and all the expenses that come with them — the two studios that operate without a streamer continue to elevate home viewing without that heavy investment.

Universal has three films occupying eight positions this week, led by the just-released “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” that’s #1 on all three VOD charts. Lionsgate also has three films in eight slots, while Sony has three films in six slots — plus, three more films in the Netflix top 10.

Multiple placements aren’t unusual for Universal; it has high volume as well as a consistent PVOD policy that often sees titles surface in a month or less. For the scrappier Lionsgate, this achievement demanded a lot of smart strategy. Both “Operation Fortune: Russe de Guerre” and “Sisu” showed limited interest in theaters (each grossed around $7 million). Yet each has shown strength on PVOD,...

Big George Foreman is a film directed by George Tillman Jr. starring Khris Davis.

Some movies simply wait for a great story to do all the work.

Foreman’s life was quite a story.

We can’t say the same for the film.

Movie Review

Some said the voiceover was anti-cinematic, and it was Scorsese (among others) who denied it film after film. This Big George Foreman wants to have a lot of Scorsese without achieving his pace, effectiveness and, above all, grace, and narrative freshness.

Big George Foreman is a film that resorts, at all times, to the obvious, to direct compassion, to that piece of American History a thousand times told in a thousand better ways and with more elaborate plots and less flat characters and, in the end, with more to say.

It is well executed technically, it knows how to behave, but the script’s compassionate...

A boxing legend is getting their story told on screen in an exclusive Big George Foreman clip. Helmed by The Hate U Give's George Tillman Jr., the film chronicles Foreman's life and career as a star boxer who overcame his poor childhood, and his initial retirement after a devastating loss and championship return a decade later. Khris Davis leads the cast of Big George Foreman in the titular role alongside Jasmine Matthews, John Magaro, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliared Jr., Sonja Sohn, and Forest Whitaker.

In honor of the film becoming available on premium video-on-demand, Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive Big George Foreman clip.

The video, featured above, is a behind-the-scenes featurette with star Davis highlighting the resilience of the eponymous boxer as he rose up from a poverty-ridden childhood to becoming one of the most iconic names in the sport.

How Big George Foreman Fares Against Other...

Film has £15.8m including the Bank Holiday Monday.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (May 5-May 7) Total gross to date Week 1. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) £12.1m £15.8m 1 2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) £1.3m £50m 5 3. Evil Dead Rise (Studiocanal) £493,732 £4.6m 3 4. The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry (eOne) £336,000 £2.2m 2 5. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) £195,057 £17.1m 7

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Disney’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 opened top of the UK-Ireland box office chart this weekend with a powerful £12.1m start – the highest opening of the year to date, and just behind the £13.1m of the second Guardians film.

Yes, anytime a film opens over $100 million is a positive event for theaters. And yes, for Marvel and Disney, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is an improvement over the lesser initial take for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” ($106 million first weekend last February). Correct also is that it’s the second best opening of the year.

But the elephant in the room exists. Since 2013, Disney has opened their top summer season Marvel release on this date: Without even having to adjust for inflation, the new “Guardians,” with $114 million for its U.S./Canada gross, ranks dead last — nine out of nine. The falloff from last year’s entry (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”) is steep — down $73 million from that one. And “Strange” was a sequel to a lesser series release than “Guardians.” This should be sobering: “Vol. 2,” on this same weekend in 2017, grossed at current ticket prices around $170 million.

Franchise titles continue to dominate, with ‘Big George Foreman’ the second best performing new release.

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Apr 28-May 1)Total gross to date Week 1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) £3.1m £47.2m 4 2. Evil Dead Rise (Studiocanal) £1.1m £3.6m 2 3. The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry (eOne) £760,000 £1m 1 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) £620,444 £16.8m 6 5. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (Warner Bros) £576,000 £13m 5

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Holdovers continued to dominate the UK-Ireland box office over the bank holiday weekend, with eOne’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry the only new release, and only non-franchise title, to find...

The biopic Big George Foreman recounts the fascinating life story of boxing legend George Foreman, including his bout with Muhammad Ali, and it's important to get the actor who plays the latter right. The story delves into the highs and lows of both his personal life and his professional boxing career. Foreman may be more well-recognized for his grills these days than his boxing career, but this movie will most assuredly dive into the latter in great detail.

One of the most influential boxing moments of his life was the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" with his rival Muhammad Ali, which is highlighted in the movie. It was important for the creators to get the casting just right for this important role, and they selected a relatively unknown actor to portray "The Greatest" when Big George Foreman hits the silver screen.

Muhammad Ali Is Played By Sullivan Jones In Big...

It was, in some ways, a rather uneventful weekend at the box office -- or so it seemed on the surface. We had a repeat of the prior weekend, with "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" once again taking the top spot (now for the fourth week in a row) with very little drop-off. The animated flick has already crossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming just the fifth movie of the pandemic era to do so. Meanwhile, "Evil Dead Rise" once again came in at number two, dropping just 50% to add $12.2 million domestically. Globally, it sits at $86 million and will soon pass "Evil Dead" 2013. Most interesting of all though: "Star Wars" is back in the top five on the charts.

Yes, Disney decided to re-release "Return of the Jedi" in theaters to honor the film's forthcoming 40th anniversary and, as it turns out, audiences still really love the original trilogy. Per The Numbers,...

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal) is projected to gross another $40 million in its fourth weekend, an achievement held only “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Black Panther” in 2018.

That puts Illumination’s animated film at $1.022 billion worldwide and $490 million domestic. If it hits $650 million domestic — now possible — it will surpass any cartoon feature this century. (“Shrek 2” and “Incredibles 2” reached $600 million adjusted).

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney) opening next weekend will end Mario’s #1 streak, but “Smb” should stay strong for weeks to come. It could surpass “Maverick” ($719 million) — an even more impressive feat when it lacks a concentration premium tickets and sells many more lower-priced children’s priced tickets.

Though at a lower gross and hold, “Evil Dead Rise” (Warner Bros. Discovery) at #2 with $12.5 million, adds to the positive news. Its 50 percent second-week drop was low end for a genre film. Even better,...

The month of April comes to a close with a second weekend in which no new movies opened with more than $10 million. Even so, one single movie has dominated the month so heartily that “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has now entered the top 20 all-time domestic blockbusters in less than one month playing in theaters.

Sure enough, the Nintendo game adaptation won its fourth weekend in a row with an estimated $40 million, down 33% from last weekend, after hitting $450 million as of Thursday. With the $490 million it has made through Sunday, “Super Mario Bros.” passes 2019’s “Frozen II” and 2016’s “Finding Dory” to become the 19th-highest grossing movie domestically with $500 million in its sights in the coming days.

“Super Mario Bros.” also became the first movie of 2023 to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide, adding another $68.3 million overseas, including $14.3 million in its Japan opening and $5.7 million in South Korea. With $1.02 billion grossed so far,...

It’s another weekend of box office domination for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which collected a towering $40 million in its fourth frame. Those ticket sales, down just 33% from the weekend prior, were easily enough to rule over the weekend’s newcomers, including literary adaptation “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” Finnish war drama “Sisu” and biopic “Big George Foreman.”

After four weeks on the big screen, “Mario” has grossed $490 million in North America and $532 million internationally to loom even larger as the highest-grossing film of 2023. It’s also the first movie of the year to cross $1 billion globally. Only five pandemic-era blockbusters have hit that milestone.

“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” fared the best among the new releases, opening in third place with $6.8 million from 3,343 North American theaters. Those are rocky ticket sales for the $30 million-budgeted coming-of-age story, which is based on Judy Blume’s seminal novel,...

Khris Davis stars as George Foreman in Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World. To compete with heavyweight champions like Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, boxers who were just as well known for their presence outside the ring as their fighting skills, George Foreman cultivated his own larger-than-life personality. It’s served him well for decades, from his boxing title pursuits of the 1970s to his entrepreneurial efforts of the ’90s and beyond. But that also posed a challenge for any actor who wanted to portray Foreman in the new biopic about his life, Big George Foreman. But Foreman, who serves as an executive producer on the film, says that Khris Davis’s performance is a knockout. (Click on the media bar below to hear George Foreman) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/George_Foreman_Kris_Davis_.mp3 Big George Foreman is now playing in theaters.

Everyone has seen the infomercials for the George Foreman Grill, but many younger TV viewers might not be as familiar with his prolific boxing career. Foreman was the oldest boxer ever to win a heavyweight championship, and now fans can see his story on the big screen for the first time in “Big George Foreman,” in theaters Friday, April 28.

“Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World” is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion. When he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

The film has received mixed reviews on Rotten Tomatoes,...

Further new releases include ’Big George Foreman’ and ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry is the widest release across the UK’s three-day bank holiday weekend, walking into 643 locations for eOne, with no franchise new releases in the mix.

Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton star in Hettie Macdonald’s feature, about a seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s who embarks on a 450-mile mission to see his friend who is dying in a hospice.

Broadbent’s last big screen outing was in Roger Michell’s The Duke, which brought in £941,975 in its first weekend for...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Sony’s upcoming film Big George Foreman is that George Foreman’s life hasn’t been brought to the big screen until now. A boxer, preacher, and community builder, Foreman has lived an exceptional life, made even more inspirational given the man’s beginnings. Foreman began as a troubled youth who found an outlet for his rage and hopelessness; that outlet brought him to the Olympics, made him a two-time world heavyweight champion boxer, and even granted him the distinction of being the oldest boxer ever to win the title.

One of the most influential figures in the life of young George Foreman was Charles “Doc” Broadus. Broadus was the man who introduced Foreman to boxing, and who ultimately became his mentor and his trainer. In Big George Foreman, Doc Broadus was brought to life by a strong Forest Whitaker performance. Whitaker's chemistry with...

The upcoming film Big George Foreman is more than a biopic; it’s an inspirational story about perseverance, determination, and faith made to impact viewers with or without knowledge of the sport of boxing. Two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman made history at age 45 as the oldest person ever to win the title, but Big George Foreman also explores the time Foreman spent out of the ring. From a troubled childhood to an eventual finding of faith after a near-death experience, George Foreman’s life is certainly ripe for the screen.

George Tillman Jr., the director of Big George Foreman, expertly distilled Foreman’s story-worthy life into a tale of incredible perseverance and action. Tillman Jr. also wanted to ensure the film packed a punch, both literally and metaphorically; the director got up close and personal during all of his portrayals of Foreman's iconic boxing fights, which necessitated that...

Big George ForemanPhoto: Sony

For historical context (and for fans of boxing when boxing mattered), in 1968, 19-year-old George Edward Foreman of Marshall, Texas, represented the United States in the heavyweight division of the Mexico City Olympic Games. He won a gold medal and then turned professional. Meanwhile, in the stateside boxing world,...

There’s George Foreman the boxer and George Foreman the grill. The Sony biopic out this Friday offers a different George. “I want to spread the word of God,” says Foreman (Khris Davis) in the trailer for “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World.”

It’s a production from faith-based Sony Pictures’ label Affirm Films. Its first film in 2008, “Fireproof” starring Kirk Cameron, grossed $33 million on a $500,000 budget. To date, the (mostly domestic) global theatrical gross for Affirm titles stands at $520 million — $400 million more than the films’ total production costs.

Directed by George Tillman Jr. and with Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker in a supporting role, “Foreman” may represent the biggest Affirm budget to date. (One source lists it at $34 million.) Prior Affirm budgets topped out at $20 million. It’s also got one of Affirm’s biggest releases, with 2,575 theaters.

Opening prospects are unclear.

The life of a legend is coming to the big screen in Big George Foreman, a biopic exploring the life and times of its namesake. George Foreman is many things, but most famously is a two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, and the oldest person ever to win the belt — he was 45 years old for his second win. While Foreman’s life has been explored in interviews and documentaries, Big George Foreman aims to dramatize the man’s incredible story while keeping things as true-to-life as possible.

For his starring role as George Foreman, actor Khris Davis underwent an incredible physical transformation. Davis portrayed Foreman across decades of the man’s life, and as such had to not only get in boxing shape but put on weight to more accurately embody Foreman as the years went on. Davis had played a boxer in the past, but took on a whole new...

Biopics about star athletes or artists tend to have the same broad shape: the rise to achievement and fame, the fall from triumph (often fueled by some combination of addiction and ego), the restoration to a harder-won glory. A great biopic, like “Get on Up” or “I, Tonya,” will tease a profound portrait of the subject out of that form; a middling one will oversimplify the subject just to hit the right beats. But then there’s a film like “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World.” That’s not a movie title — it’s the title of a parable. And it’s well chosen, since “Big George Foreman” is about a life that feels so outlandishly ready-made for the ups and downs, the lessons and inspirations, of the superstar biopic genre that you don’t even have to mess with it.

So often thought of primarily as the big lug who was so dramatically dispatched by Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire in 1974, George Foreman is the main event in Big George Foreman. While there is plenty of boxing here to satisfy sports fans, the film is mild-mannered and genial to a fault as it charts the life of a dirt-poor Texas kid with a devastating punch whose public image transformed over the years from hulking bogeyman to that of a good-natured businessman and man of God.

Ali was such a commanding, entertaining and (mostly) adored worldwide figure, from his emergence as the self-anointed “greatest” to his ultimate status as one of the most beloved and admired men on the planet, that it isn’t easy to watch him take a back seat here to a younger but less charismatic figure onscreen. Eventually, if you like...

Big George Foreman is a gripping retelling of the life and times of two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman. From his troubled childhood to his unbelievable return to boxing stardom in his 40s, George Foreman has lived a life ripe for exploration on the big screen. The film also sheds light on Foreman’s work as both a preacher and a community advocate; Foreman opened a youth center in Houston, Texas that is active to this day.

George Foreman himself served as an Executive Producer on Big George Foreman, helping to ensure the film’s accuracy and relevance. As Executive Producer, Foreman offered sage advice to Khris Davis, the actor playing him in the film, and collaborated with director George Tillman Jr. on his work as well. Ultimately, the fact that Foreman himself participated in Big George Foreman helps every punch and emotional blow in this biographical boxing movie land with even more weight.

We’re just one week away from the official start of the summer movie season, but before that, we have one more weekend of April to knock out a few releases hoping to bring in some business the summer’s bigger releases take over. Not that it matters, because “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will continue its first place run with another $35 to 37 million this weekend, edging its way closer to $500 million. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

There are three new wide releases, the strongest of them being Lionsgate’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” based on Judy Blume‘s beloved 1970 young adult bestseller, which helped get many a girl (and a few boys) through puberty. The movie stars Abby Ryder Fortson as the film’s title character, Margaret, as well as Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates and Benny Safdie as her family.

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Khris Davis stars as George Foreman in Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World. Big George Foreman is a big step forward for Khris Davis. It’s his first film as an above-the-line star, following supporting roles in films like Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy. Davis, however, sees this starring role less as a win for himself and more of a win for the subject of the biopic, boxer George Foreman. (Click on the media bar below to hear Khris Davis) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Khris_-Davis_Big_george_Formean_.mp3 Big George Foreman opens in theaters on Friday.

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Khris Davis stars as George Foreman in Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World. Twenty-two years after Ali was released, one of Muhammad Ali’s main rivals, George Foreman, gets his very own biopic, Big George Foreman. The film, which traces the boxer’s life from childhood to becoming the oldest heavyweight champion of the world, counts its subject as one of its executive producers. And Foreman, who’s portrayed in the film by Khris Davis, says he still finds it hard to believe what he was able to accomplish, especially after he’d originally hung up his gloves. (Click on the media bar below to hear George Foreman) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/George_Foreman_Life_.mp3

Big George Foreman opens in theaters on April 28.

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Won’t you think of the children? With three months since “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (Universal) opened in theaters, families are movie-starved. That creates a huge opportunity for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” also Universal, which opens Wednesday just before the lucrative Easter weekend. It comes days after Paramount opened “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” another game-based movie also previously adapted for film.

“Dungeons & Dragons” opened to $37.2 million, making it the fifth consecutive release with a domestic debut over $30 million and “Super Mario Bros.” will make it six. Even with a Wednesday opening that siphons off some of its total, industry estimates put its five-day tally conceivably at $125 million. That could translate into over $250 million during the month.

For April, best guess for all films’ domestic take is around $650 million. That’s what we projected for March, with the total falling just short (around $635 million). That...

Sony announced on Friday that they will release the starry Craig Gillespie film Dumb Money on the GameStop short squeeze of 2021 on October 20.

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The eighth annual Icon Mann Honors dinner will salute “The Woman King” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood, “Sidney” director Reginald Hudlin and Uzodinma Iweala, CEO of the Africa Center NYC and author of the New York Times bestseller “Beasts of No Nation.”

Icon Mann partnered with Sony Pictures for the event, which has a “Reimagining African Diasporic Narratives” theme and will take place on Wednesday, March 8 at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The dinner is part of a series of awards week events for Icon Mann, which is a media, production and management consultancy representing African Diasporic heritage. The company is a leading strategic broker for investments and enterprise within creative industries for Hollywood and media-driven African nations, cultivating a global network of creators and leaders focused on “positive narrative representation.”

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Exclusive: Mandalay Television is continuing to ramp up its slate of book to series adaptations.

The company, founded by former Sony Pictures boss and Rain Man and Flashdance producer Peter Guber, has optioned Mike Grist’s series of action thriller novels including Saint Justice for television.

The six-book series follows ex-CIA operative Christopher Wren, as he chases down the worst cult leader in history who is trying to destroy American democracy by dividing and pitting the US population against each other.

Only Wren can stop the anarchism when he discovers the leader of the cult is his father, who he escaped from as a young teenager. Wren’s internal battlefield leads him to finding redemption and atoning for the dark events of his own past.

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The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has brought life back to his longtime passion project, a biopic about the iconic rock band’s former drummer, Keith Moon.

Daltrey said in an interview with Vulture that he had recently finished a script for the movie, which had been nearly set to film last summer before Daltrey — with an aversion for a script written by Jeff Pope — stepped in and halted production. Paul Whittington (“The Crown”) had been set to direct.

Daltrey then committed to writing the script. He said he would now like to get the film shot within two years.

“I’m very pleased with the script,” Daltrey, 78, told Vulture. “I want people to get an understanding of him and his life, and the complete genius he was. He had so much talent, that boy, but he became out of control for a lot of reasons. Mostly for lack of discipline.

Sony has offered up the first wave of marketing for their upcoming George Foreman biopic, namely a trailer, a poster and a release date.

“Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World” will debut theatrically on April 28, 2023, occupying the pre-summer slot that in previous years was home to “He Got Game,” “Obsessed” and “Keanu.” In 2023, that any studio is slotting anything resembling a big movie is a sign of a return to sanity within the theatrical ecosystem.

Directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Khris Davis as Foreman, “Big George Foreman” stems from a story by Dan Gordon and Frank Baldwin and Goerge Tillman Jr. And a screenplay from Baldwin and Tillman.

The trailer, which you can watch at the top of this file, features the rags-to-riches true-life story of a young man who channeled his anger into Olympic glory and eventual...

Boxing movies tend to be pretty great fodder for a harrowing feel-good story. Even people who don't give a damn about boxing otherwise would be hard-pressed not to cheer by the end of "Rocky" or "Cinderella Man." Sure, there is the occasional dark boxing tale, such as "Raging Bull," that makes for equally -- if not more -- compelling cinema. Today though brings us what appears to be an underdog story, and a familiar one for many fans of the sport, as the trailer for "Big George Foreman" is here. Or, to be more specific regarding the title, "Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World." And yes, they did put all of that on the poster.

In any case, this is the tale of George Foreman and, more specifically, his wildly unlikely comeback story as a boxer advanced in his years.