‘The Fire Inside’: Read The Screenplay By Barry Jenkins About A Boxing Icon, Her Trainer And Their Powerful 1-2 Punch
deadline.comDeadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting awards season’s buzziest movies continues with The Fire Inside, the boxing drama directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison in her feature helming debut from a script from Oscar-winning Moonlight screenwriter Barry Jenkins.
The Amazon MGM Studios movie hit theaters on Christmas Day after having its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. It has looking at a $4.3 million gross across the five-day holiday frame.
The movie follows the true story of Claressa Shields (played by Ryan Destiny), the Flint, Michigan high schooler who with the help of her trainer Jason Crutchfield (played by Oscar-nominated Brian Tyree Henry) rose to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in women’s boxing, going on to win multiple world titles to become one of the most decorated boxers of all time.
The focus of her rise is their strong relationship. Jazmin Headley and Kylee D. Allen also star. “This is an inspirational sports movie until it becomes an inspirational life movie,” Morrison said during an appearance with Destiny and Henry last month at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles. “The heart of it is the life part.
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