Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama Southpaw will get its world premiere in Italy, opening the 13th edition of the Ischia Global Film and Music Fest on July 12.
After tragedy brings down the world’s reigning light heavyweight boxing champion, Billy “The Great” Hope, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, must rebuild his life and his career with the help an unlikely rescuer, Forest Whitaker. The film also stars Rachel McAdams, Rita Ora, 50 Cent, and Naomie Harrris.
Sons of Anarchy scribe Kurt Sutter penned the script. Southpaw opens in the US on July 24.
The Ischia Global Film and Music Fest runs from July 12-19.
