{"id":139491,"date":"2019-11-13T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=139491"},"modified":"2019-11-13T22:56:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T03:56:11","slug":"stars-ryan-destiny-to-play-boxer-as-claressa-shields-in-rachel-morrisons-directorial-debut-flint-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/stars-ryan-destiny-to-play-boxer-as-claressa-shields-in-rachel-morrisons-directorial-debut-flint-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Star&#8217;s Ryan Destiny To Play Boxer Claressa \u201cT-Rex\u201d Shields In Rachel Morrison\u2019s Directorial Debut \u2018Flint Strong\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-139492\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 169'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ryan-destiny-claressa-shields-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/film\/news\/rachel-morrison-flint-strong-ryan-destiny-claressa-shields-1203403694\/\">Variety<\/a> is reporting that <strong>Ryan Destiny<\/strong>, who\u2019s best known for her role in Fox\u2019s \u201cStar,\u201d will play Claressa \u201cT-Rex\u201d Shields in Universal\u2019s biopic <strong>\u201cFlint Strong.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"auto-tag_rachel-morrison\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/rachel-morrison\/\" data-tag=\"rachel-morrison\">Rachel Morrison<\/a> <\/strong>will direct the movie, marking her feature film directorial debut. Morrison, who made history as the first female cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award for \u201cMudbound,\u201d also served as the director of photography for<strong> \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d\u00a0Morrison previously\u00a0helmed the Starz pilot Hightown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-134194\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Claressa-T-Rex-Shields-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper\u2019s 2015 boxing documentary \u201cT-Rex,\u201d tells the story of 17-year-old <strong>Claressa \u201cT-Rex\u201d Shields<\/strong>, a Flint Michigan native whose dreams of becoming the first American woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in Boxing are realized at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Shields won a second gold medal in Women\u2019s Middleweight boxing.<\/p>\n<p>T-Rex\u2019s journey to success is filled with conflict and triumph, not only in her sports training in distressed Flint but also the aftermath of life after fulfilling her dream. Universal acquired the docu in 2016, with the aim is to make a popcorn sports movie with a female empowerment message in the vein of Rocky, leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London where Shields made history in the middleweight class.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-134193\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 262'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rachel-Morrison-and-Barry-Jenkins-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Universal\u2019s Senior Executive Vice President of Production Erik Baiers is overseeing the project for the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Michael De Luca and De Luca Productions\u2019 Elishia Holmes will produce with Jenkins. Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, who helmed the documentary, will be the executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a glimpse of the fighter\u2019s road as shown in the docu:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uURzg574YP4\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morrison made history being the first Oscar-nominated female cinematographer on Dee Rees&#8217; Mudbound <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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