{"id":224413,"date":"2025-10-14T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/224413\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:40:08","slug":"jamie-foxx-movie-adds-11-to-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/224413\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Foxx Movie Adds 11 To Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2018s sports drama Fight for \u201984, starring Jamie Foxx and Malachi Beasley, has rounded out its cast with 11 additions: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/shea-whigham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shea-whigham\" data-tag=\"shea-whigham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shea Whigham<\/a> (American Primeval), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dan-perrault\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dan-perrault\" data-tag=\"dan-perrault\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Perrault<\/a> (The Residence), Will Chase (Dopesick), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/algee-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_algee-smith\" data-tag=\"algee-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Algee Smith<\/a> (Euphoria), Jamir Cope, Mitchell Edwards (All American: Homecoming), Al-Shabazz Jabateh (Bel-Air), Tre McBride, Xavier Mills (Forever), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/adrian-martinez\/\" id=\"auto-tag_adrian-martinez\" data-tag=\"adrian-martinez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Martinez<\/a> (Unfrosted), and Javier Bola\u00f1os (Casa Grande).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCurrently in production in New Jersey, the film takes place after the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team is tragically killed in a plane crash in 1980, when a new coach is brought in to rebuild the team from scratch and lead them to victory at the \u201984 Olympics, winning the most medals in Olympic boxing history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAndr\u00e9s Baiz, a Colombian filmmaker known for work on shows like Griselda and Narcos, is directing from a script by Oscar nominees Andrea Berloff and John Gatins and Andy Weiss. Producers include Eric Newman for Grand Electric, Bryan Unkeless for Night Owl, Foxx, and Michael W. Abbott for A Move Films Production. Executive producers are Andy Weiss for A WeBros Entertainment Production, Henry Tillman, and Datari Turner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhigham is repped by WME and Range Media Partners; Perrault by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Chase by CESD Talent Agency, AC Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Smith by UTA, Neon Kite, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Edwards by Innovative Artists and Luber Roklin Entertainment; Jabateh by MMV and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; McBride by Starbust Talent Agency and Stride Management; Mills by Alexander White Agency and Authentic; Martinez by Innovative, Vault Entertainment, and attorney James Sarna; and Bola\u00f1os by CESD and Gem Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2018s sports drama Fight for \u201984, starring Jamie Foxx and Malachi Beasley, has rounded out its cast with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[126070,126071,126072,88,126073,206,217,126074],"class_list":{"0":"post-224413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-adrian-martinez","9":"tag-algee-smith","10":"tag-dan-perrault","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-fight-for-84","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-netflix","15":"tag-shea-whigham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}