Southpaw - Jake Gyllenhaal Starring in Antoine Fuqua/Kurt Sutter Boxing Drama

[MadVillainy]

Just thought he wouldnt make a bad Reed Richards.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Jake needs to play a superhero at some point. Given the man's dedication to roles from a physical standpoint, and the fact that came close to playing Spider-Man AND Batman at different points in time, I need to see him suit up at some point.

Just not sure who.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Too bad the rest of the cast is garbage

 

[Sawyer]

Too bad the rest of the cast is garbage

The cast of this movie?

Naomie Harris, Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker are garbage?

 

[kvz5]

I'd probably want him as a villain now over a hero.

I can see him as the Joker especially after seeing Nightcrawler.

 

[Pickleweasel]

The cast of this movie?

Naomie Harris, Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker are garbage?

Naomie Harris is whatever, Rachel McAdams is good, Forest Whitaker fell off and is garbage now ya

 

[The Endless]

Jake is on a roll. If he's to play a comic character i'd say either Strange or Joker.

 

[Sawyer]

Damn, this thing has been in the works for a while...

http://deadline.com/2010/12/dreamworks-teams-with-eminem-and-kurt-sutter-for-southpaw-90458/

DreamWorks Teams With Eminem And Kurt Sutter For 'Southpaw'
by Mike Fleming Jr
December 13, 2010 3:26pm

EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks has made a preemptive acquisition of Southpaw, a pitch for a star vehicle for Eminem (Marshall Mathers) that will be written by Sons of Anarchy creator/exec producer Kurt Sutter. Like in Eminem’s 2002 screen starring debut 8 Mile, Southpaw will be fueled by the struggles that inform Eminem’s music and mirror his life. Eminem will play a fast-rising welterweight boxer who brawls his way to the title, only to see his world crash down around him due to tragedy. The movie is about his fight to reclaim past glory.

The pitch was bought in the room by DreamWorks co-chairman/CEO Stacey Snider, who got first crack because she championed 8 Mile when she was Universal Pictures chief. The film will be produced by Eminem’s Shady Films’ managers and producing partners Paul Rosenberg and Stuart Parr, and Alan and Peter Riche of Riche Productions. The deal comes as Eminem’s comeback album, Recovery, just got 10 Grammy Awards nominations.

Sutter, who just completed the third season of his FX series, said the project was borne out of his observation of Eminem’s struggles. “I took meetings with Marshall’s producing partners over the past 7 years, looking for something to do together,” Sutter told me. “I know he’s very selective and doesn’t do a lot. But he shared so much of his personal struggle in this raw and very honest album, one that I connected with on a lot of levels. He is very interested in the boxing genre, and it seemed like an apt metaphor, because his own life has been a brawl. In a way, this is a continuation of the 8 Mile story, but rather than a literal biography, we are doing a metaphorical narrative of the second chapter of his life. He’ll play a world champion boxer who really hits a hard bottom, and has to fight to win back his life for his young daughter. At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy. I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It’s a much harder road for a southpaw than a right handed boxer.”

Sutter will begin writing immediately, and he will complete a draft by February, before he and his Anarchy writers begin to plot the fourth season of the series.

“There is a rich story her that references his own experience, and I was honored to be able to continue a relationship that began with 8 Mile,” Snider told me. She’ll steer the project with DreamWorks co-president Mark Sourian. Sutter and Eminem are repped by ICM. David Schiff will be exec producer.

http://deadline.com/2011/10/will-mgmsony-bid-ko-competition-for-eminem-boxing-drama-southpaw-184817/

Will MGM/Sony Bid KO Competition For Eminem Boxing Drama 'Southpaw?'
by Mike Fleming Jr
October 19, 2011 3:07pm

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing a bid made by MGM–with Sony Pictures distributing–is now the frontrunner for Southpaw, the Antoine Fuqua-directed boxing film that will star Eminem. The other suitors in the ring on this have been Alcon Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. There was no comment from the parties involved. Deadline revealed in August that DreamWorks had dropped out of the boxing drama that had Eminem poised to return to the screen for the first time since 2002′s 8 Mile, and Fuqua directing a script by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. Suitors were all over it, quickly. DreamWorks’ Stacey Snider, who bought the project as a pitch last year and who worked closely with Eminem and his team on 8 Mile while she ran Universal, basically gave the project back to the filmmakers to set up elsewhere. Several outlets were impressed by the script and how it was a custom fit for the tribulations overcome by Eminem after he became a big hip hop star. Eminem will play a fast-rising welterweight boxer who brawls his way to the title, only to see his world crash down around him due to a tragedy. The drama is about his fight to reclaim past glory for himself and his young daughter. Sutter told me at the time that the project was partly inspired by Eminem’s own struggles that inform his music and mirror his life. “In a way, this is a continuation of the 8 Mile story, but rather than a literal biography, we are doing a metaphorical narrative of the second chapter of his life,” Sutter said. “He’ll play a world champion boxer who really hits a hard bottom, and has to fight to win back his life for his young daughter. At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy. I love that the title refers to [Eminem] being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It’s a much harder road for a southpaw than a right-handed boxer.” Fuqua, a former Golden Gloves boxer himself, joined the project later on.

 

[KenK]

When I saw Jake was in this, I was like, "is the same joint Eminem was supposed to be in?!" Just goes to show how long projects like this can take to finally get made.

 

[MadVillainy]

yeah I remember when Em was attached. I was really looking forward to it. Still am, wouldnt have minded seeing what Eminem did with it though

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

Eminem released the trailer.

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[Fallen Angel]

That looks good. G-Man on a role lately.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Looks great.

 

[Schlosser85]

Looks gritty. Jake looks intense.

 

[kvz5]

I get why they did it but I wish they didn't show that character's death.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Naomie Harris is whatever, Rachel McAdams is good, Forest Whitaker fell off and is garbage now ya

I wouldn't call Whitaker garbage but he does have a tendency to be the one actor in the movie or TV show that annoys the crap out of me. Hated him in The Shield, Out of the Furnace, Four Dogs Playing Poker, Street Kings, etc. He was of course really good in The Last King of Scotland, Panic Room and Good Morning Vietnam though.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I get why they did it but I wish they didn't show that character's death.

Yeah didn't really need to show that in the first trailer as well but I get why they did it too.

Good to see Rachel McAdams back. She's in True Detective season 2 as well.

 

[StarLord]

Looks good. Another intense role for Jake G.

 

[Lencho01]

Looks good.

Didn't know Eminem was going to be in it originally.

 

[Lencho01]

This made me laugh...

Has any other director ever had every one of his movies use his first movie as a crutch/selling point? Observe.

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[Rowsdower!]

Hahahaha that is funny.

But to be fair, Renny Harlin is still touting himself as "the guy who directed Cliffhanger" so it's not exactly a new thing.

 

[BlackFox]

Nice trailer. bit concerned it might struggle to be different enough from other Boxing films to be stand out but trailer is promising.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Jake is going through a ton of work lately. This is one of 3 movies of his coming out this year with the others being Everest and Demolition. He had three movies come out in 2014 as well.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Was really looking forward to this, but now I feel like I saw the whole movie. Thanks, Marketing!

 

[The Chris]

Hey at least they added The Equalizer to his trailer credit now, so he's got two now! Roland Emmerich trailers still say from the director of Independence Day