Gbenga Akinnagbe Lands The Lead For Prison Boxing Biopic, HEART BABY!
Remember what I said about all there being no shortage of boxing movies anytime soon? Well, take a look at Angela Shelton who is now ready to add to that growing list of titles readying throughout the next few years. The new movie, Heart Baby!, has just cast The Following and The Wire co-star, actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, in the lead role of then-convict George Lee Martin who, long after earning a reputation as an undefeated boxer in Tennessee’s prison system, suprises the world when he denies a place among Team USA for the Olympic boxing division – offered in exchange for his freedom. Moreover, Deadline expands a bit more on the premise via statements from Shelton who says “You will not find anything about this story anywhere on the web except an article about the John Tate/Larry Holmes fight being canceled in 1984,” adding that the film will focus on […]