The Featherweight Trailer Sets Willie Pep Boxing Movie Release Date

The Featherweight trailer for Robert Kolodny’s upcoming sports biographical drama has been released. This comes after nearly a year since the film had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival.

“Set in the mid-1960s, the film presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep—the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American Masculinity, fame and self-perception.”

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When is The Featherweight release date?

The Featherweight is scheduled to arrive in New York and Connecticut theaters starting on September 20. It will then be followed by its released in Los Angeles on September 27. Following its world premiere, the film currently holds a Tomatometer rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The film is directed by Kolodny from a screenplay written by Steve Loff. It will be led by Band of Brothers star James Madio as he takes on the role of legendary boxer Willie Pep. He is joined by Ruby Wolf (Tommy), Keir Gilchrist (Atypical), Stephen Lang (Avatar), Ron Livingston (Loudermilk), and Lawrence Gilliard Jr (One Night in Miami…), along with undefeated professional boxer Bruce Carrington. Executive producers are Jennifer Davisson, Michael Hampton, Steve James, Brian Liebman, Mark Hantoot, Donna Collins, and Angelo DeFazio, with Loff, Maddio, Bennett Elliott, Robert Greene, and Asger Hussain producing.