Overview

• Jamie Foxx will star as a coach tasked with rebuilding the U.S. Olympic boxing team after a 1980 plane crash killed 14 boxers and eight staff members.
• The film, titled 'Fight for ’84,' was officially announced during Netflix’s May 14 upfront presentation and is now in pre-production.
• Andrés Baiz, known for Netflix’s 'Narcos: Mexico' and 'Griselda,' will make his English-language feature debut as director.
• The screenplay is written by Andrea Berloff, John Gatins, and Andy Weiss, with production led by Eric Newman, Bryan Unkeless, and Michael W. Abbott.
• The story will culminate in the U.S. boxing team’s record-breaking nine gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.