There’s George Foreman the boxer and George Foreman the grill. The Sony biopic out this Friday offers a different George. “I want to spread the word of God,” says Foreman (Khris Davis) in the trailer for “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World.”
It’s a production from faith-based Sony Pictures’ label Affirm Films. Its first film in 2008, “Fireproof” starring Kirk Cameron, grossed $33 million on a $500,000 budget. To date, the (mostly domestic) global theatrical gross for Affirm titles stands at $520 million — $400 million more than the films’ total production costs.
Directed by George Tillman Jr. and with Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker in a supporting role, “Foreman” may represent the biggest Affirm budget to date. (One source lists it at $34 million.) Prior Affirm budgets topped out at $20 million. It’s also got one of Affirm’s biggest releases, with 2,575 theaters.
Opening prospects are unclear.
It’s a production from faith-based Sony Pictures’ label Affirm Films. Its first film in 2008, “Fireproof” starring Kirk Cameron, grossed $33 million on a $500,000 budget. To date, the (mostly domestic) global theatrical gross for Affirm titles stands at $520 million — $400 million more than the films’ total production costs.
Directed by George Tillman Jr. and with Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker in a supporting role, “Foreman” may represent the biggest Affirm budget to date. (One source lists it at $34 million.) Prior Affirm budgets topped out at $20 million. It’s also got one of Affirm’s biggest releases, with 2,575 theaters.
Opening prospects are unclear.
- 4/27/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
[[tmz:video id="0_dizjkzog"]] If George Foreman and Steven Seagal ever really get it on, the boxer would beat Seagal's overweight ass all the way to oblivion -- so says Michael Buffer. We got the legendary announcer outside Craig's in L.A. ... and asked about 68-year-old Foreman challenging the "Under Siege" star to meet him in the ring. "My money's on George – even though Steven outweighs him by 1,000 pounds," Buffer told TMZ Sports. Fyi, Seagal -- a self-proclaimed martial...
- 10/12/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Watch out, Steven Seagal; George Foreman is getting all up in your grill. Actor and martial artist Seagal, who last week made headlines for an interview in which the “Under Seige” star criticized NFL protests during the national anthem, has now been challenged to a fight by former heavyweight boxing champ Foreman. In a tweet Monday, Foreman didn’t specifically mention the interview, but he was very clear on one thing: He’s ready to rumble with Seagal. Also Read: Steven Seagal Under Siege for Morning Show Interview: 'Poor Man's Bond Villain' “Steven Seagal, I challenge you One on one,...
- 10/3/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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