EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling us that thespian-on-the-rise Malachi Beasley is starring opposite Jamie Foxx in the upcoming Netflix sports drama movie Fight for ’84.
The project, directed by Andrés Baiz and written by Oscar nominees Andrea Berloff, John Gatins and White Boy Rick‘s Andy Weiss, is set in 1980. After the US Olympic Boxing Team is tragically killed in a plane crash, a new coach is brought in to rebuild the team from scratch and lead them to victory at the ‘84 Olympics, winning the most medals in Olympic boxing history.
The movie reunites producer Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz directing, the duo having previously teamed on the successful hit show Griselda for Netflix as well as Narcos. Producers are Eric Newman for Grand Electric, Bryan Unkeless for Night Owl, Foxx and Michael W. Abbott for A Move Films Production.
EPs are Andy Weiss for A WeBros Entertainment Production, Henry Tillman and Datari Turner.
The Gersh and Door 24 Entertainment repped Beasley will soon be seen in Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite for Netflix, which his first job out of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.
Fight for ’84 was announced at Netflix upfronts back in mid-May.
Foxx has had strong ties over the years with the streamer, most recently starring in the action comedy Back In Action, in which he starred opposite Cameron Diaz. His latest stand-up special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, also premiered last year on Netflix.
Netflix didn’t comment on today’s news.
