Common has been tapped to star in and will produce The Faith of Long Beach, and indie boxing drama to be written and directed by FX’s Snowfall co-creator and executive producer Eric Amadio.
Adonis Tountas of Everlast Pictures, who put the project together, is also producing.The pic centers on a soft-spoken street fighter who was raised in a group home in Long Beach, CA and is torn between his street-life past and a promising future when he attempts to follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing.
Common will play a washed-up trainer who takes the challenge of transforming the youngster into a legitimate boxer.Common and Marie Cisco are producing via their Stardust Films, along with Tountas and Garrett
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