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Flint Strong is an upcoming American biographical sports film directed by Rachel Morrison in her directorial debut, based on the documentary T-Rex. It stars Ryan Destiny, Judy Greer and Brian Tyree Henry.

Flint Strong
Directed by	Rachel Morrison
Screenplay by	Barry Jenkins
Based on	T-Rex by Zackary Canepari Drea Cooper
Produced by	Michael De Luca Barry Jenkins Elishia Holmes
Starring	Ryan Destiny Judy Greer Brian Tyree Henry
Cinematography	Rina Yang[1]
Music by	Tamar-kali
Production companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Michael De Luca Productions Pastel Productions
Distributed by	United Artists Releasing
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Claressa "T-Rex" Shields trains to box in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Cast

• Ryan Destiny as Claressa Shields
• Judy Greer
• Brian Tyree Henry as Jason Crutchfield
• Oluniké Adeliyi as Jackie Shields
• De'Adre Aziza as Mickey
• Emmanuel Igboke as USA Team Officer

Production

On October 7, 2016, Universal Pictures hired Barry Jenkins to adapt the documentary T-Rex with the possibility to direct the film.[2] On June 19, 2019, Rachel Morrison was set to make her directorial debut on Flint Strong; Jenkins would produce with Michael De Luca, Elishia Holmes, Zackary Canepari, and Drea Cooper. Canepari and Cooper left the project for unknown reasons.[3]

On November 13, 2019, Ryan Destiny was cast as Shields.[4] On February 5, 2020, Ice Cube was cast as Shields' coach, Jason Crutchfield.[5] Judy Greer was added on May 14.[6] However, on October 29, 2021, it was reported that Cube had left the project after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 to film Oh Hell No for Columbia Pictures, putting the film in turnaround.[7]

Principal photography began on March 11, 2020, but on March 13, production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] In an interview with The Guardian, Shields stated that production was set to resume in June 2021.[10] However, the project entered a long delay due to being offloaded by Universal. It would be picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and on May 25, 2022, Brian Tyree Henry joined the cast to replace Cube and Oluniké Adeliyi joined to play Shields' mother, with filming resuming later that month.[11] On July 6, 2022, De'Adre Aziza joined the cast as Mickey.[12] On September 20, 2022, Emmanuel Igboke was announced as part of the cast.[13][14]

See also

• Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight

References

External links

• Flint Strong at IMDb

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