{"id":666238,"date":"2026-05-13T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666238\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:13","slug":"gemma-arterton-ewen-bremner-and-olympic-boxer-nicola-adams-join-mma-biopic-killa-bee-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666238\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Arterton, Ewen Bremner and Olympic boxer Nicola Adams join MMA biopic \u2018Killa Bee\u2019 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gemma Arterton, Ewen Bremner, Nicola Adams\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1478612_screenshot20260512at11.25.37_991862_crop.jpg\"   loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"1336\" height=\"891\"\/><\/p>\n<p>EXCLUSIVE: Gemma Arterton, Ewen Bremner and UK boxer Nicola Adams have joined the cast of Kenton Oxley\u2019s mixed martial arts (MMA) drama Killa Bee, with production set to get underway in the UK later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The sports biopic marks the first film role of Olympic Gold medal winner Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Capture is continuing sales at Cannes.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a true story, it follows Bryony \u2018Killa Bee\u2019 Tyrell \u2013 a nurse by day, MMA fighter by night. Elliot J. Langridge and Pippa Bennett-Warner also star.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s produced through Oxley\u2019s UK company Knockout Productions in association with Picture Perfect and Moviehouse Entertainment. Ruth Sewell has written the script.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The King\u2019s Man star Arterton takes over from the previously announced Daisy Ridley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBryony\u2019s life story is powerful, raw and deeply inspiring. Playing her is\u00a0both a challenge and a privilege, and I\u2019m ready to step into the cage,\u201d said\u00a0Arterton.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Gemma Arterton, Ewen Bremner and UK boxer Nicola Adams have joined the cast of Kenton Oxley\u2019s mixed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-666238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}