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"Southpaw" Rights Bought By Weinstein Co.

Postby Amaranthine » Feb 23rd, '13, 18:37

EXCLUSIVE: “Southpaw,” the Antoine Fuqua movie about a boxer whose life takes some rough turns, has followed a path not unlike that of its hero.

DreamWorks was going to make the gritty drama back in 2011, then dropped it. Soon after, MGM picked it up and was set to distribute the film via Sony -- then put the project in turnaround.

Now the movie will live to fight another round courtesy of the Weinstein Co., which has bought rights to the scrappy project, according to Fuqua.

The “Training Day” helmer remains attached to direct the movie and could go into production as soon as this year. In recent weeks, he and Weinstein executives have convened to discus casting.

Penned by “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter, “Southpaw” tells of a lefthanded prizefighter who wins a title but then suffers a tragedy and must put the pieces together to earn the respect of his young daughter.

"It’s about boxing but it's not about boxing," Fuqua, himself a longtime boxer, told The Times. "The heart of the movie is about a man learning to be a father."

The film was bought as a pitch by DreamWorks, which then hired Sutter to write it.

"Southpaw" at one point was to mark Eminem’s return to a star film vehicle -- his first since the similarly hardscrabble “8 Mile” in 2002; the movie was even seen as a companion piece to "8 Mile," and its story informed by that movie. But Eminem has since opted to concentrate on his music and will most likely not be involved with this new iteration.


Family-themed dramas set against the boxing world have found success in recent years, with "The Fighter" a global hit and multiple Oscar winner in 2010 and 2011.
Fuqua next has ”Olympus Has Fallen,” the Gerard Butler White House action pic out in March (more on that shortly), and also recently completed a documentary about Suge Knight for Showtime.

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Re: "Southpaw" Rights Bought By Weinstein Co.

Postby PAINKILLƎR » Feb 23rd, '13, 18:43

If Em's not on it, I would not watch tbh.
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Postby J.R. » Feb 23rd, '13, 18:43

Good, tbh.
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Postby Jason M. » Feb 23rd, '13, 19:06

Wasn't gonna happen anyway.
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Postby CanadaPure » Feb 23rd, '13, 21:14

Geno wrote:Good. It sounded awful.
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Postby LEVITIKUZ » Feb 23rd, '13, 21:20

Yes now it sounds awful solely because Em's not in it but before, when he was in it this movie would gonna rock and gonna be the shit.

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Postby CanadaPure » Feb 23rd, '13, 21:41

Fuck an Eminem movies, I want music.
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Postby SoldierShady » Feb 23rd, '13, 23:17

Lol SouthPaw.....no one fucking cares.
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Postby Chet Starr » Feb 24th, '13, 01:40

I always knew it wouldn't happen
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Postby Just Silver » Feb 24th, '13, 02:10

pretty sure hes never gonna be in a movie again unless its a cameo like in Funny People
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Postby HeySamantha » Feb 24th, '13, 03:41

Em should be on American Horror Story. It'd be an easier working schedule for him and he would be perfect for that show.
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Re: "Southpaw" Rights Bought By Weinstein Co.

Postby Asche » Feb 24th, '13, 04:22

Amaranthine wrote:
...to earn the respect of his young daughter.

"It’s about boxing but it's not about boxing," Fuqua, himself a longtime boxer, told The Times. "The heart of the movie is about a man learning to be a father.

Aww, but I liked this part.

But if it's to focus on his music, then it's for the best. Still though. I'm in the minority but I wouldn't mind another Em movie.
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Re: "Southpaw" Rights Bought By Weinstein Co.

Postby Atone » Feb 24th, '13, 04:51

CanadaPure wrote:
Geno wrote:Good. It sounded awful.


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Re: "Southpaw" Rights Bought By Weinstein Co.

Postby Jason M. » Feb 24th, '13, 09:07

What's up with Shady Talez and Have Gun, Will Travel?

I hope those get cancelled too.
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Postby CanadaPure » Feb 24th, '13, 09:27

Jason M. wrote:What's up with Shady Talez and Have Gun, Will Travel?

I hope those get cancelled too.


Shady Talez could have won the corniest title award, but I was looking forward to seeing it because I thought it was going to be ridiculous.

I think that idea sort of died when he stopped acting like a serial killer.
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