EXCLUSIVE: Boxing mother-and-son drama Undercard, starring comic Wanda Sykes in her first massive dramatic movie position, has begun principal images in Puerto Rico for Catalyst Studios.
Emmy Award successful comic and actress Wanda Sykes performs Cheryl “No Mercy” Stewart, a two-time former boxing champion and recovering alcoholic.
The film follows her makes an attempt to reconnect with 20-year-old son Keith, a proficient however troubled younger man, performed by rising star Bentley Inexperienced (Heist 88), who has adopted mom’s footsteps into the boxing ring.
When Keith finds himself alone in his nook, due to his gambling-addicted coach, he’s compelled to show to his mom. Decided to proper previous wrongs, she embarks on a mission to coach her son for glory in a World Championship title battle.
They’re joined within the forged by William Stanford Davis (Abbott Elementary), Xavier Mills, Estella Kahiha, Berto Colon (Swap&Bait, The Night time Agent) and Puerto Rican star Roselyn Sanchez (Fantasy Island, Gringa).
Undercard marks the sixth manufacturing in two years for Catalyst Studios.
It’s directed by Tamika Miller (Honor Pupil, The Equalizer, Quantum Leap) and co-written by Miller and Anita M. Cal.
The film is billed as following within the custom of Raging Bull, Million Greenback Child and Creed, however with the story informed by the eyes of the coach.
“It’s concerning the battle and survival of the human spirit. Getting up when life does its finest to knock you down. This highly effective, transferring story is a metaphor for our personal challenges. And it reveals Wanda like we have now by no means seen her earlier than,” mentioned Catalyst Studios Chairperson Holly Anderson Levow.
“I’m thrilled to have this superb forged deliver Undercard to life, with Wanda main the way in which in what I do know shall be a panoramic efficiency,” mentioned Miller.
Veteran producer Anne Clements together with native producers Frances Lausell and Andres Ramirez are overseeing manufacturing in Puerto Rico. Kim Coleman is Co-Producer. Wanda Sykes additionally serves as an govt producer.