{"id":200399,"date":"2025-09-04T20:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200399\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:07:12","slug":"sydney-sweeney-movie-christy-will-be-released-in-u-s-for-black-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200399\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney Movie ‘Christy’ Will Be Released In U.S. for Black Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChristy<\/a>, the Sydney Sweeney<\/a>-Ben Foster movie about boxing legend Christy Martin, will serve as the inaugural U.S. theatrical release for Black Bear<\/a>\u2018s new U.S. theatrical distribution arm. The pic will hit theaters nationwide on Nov. 7 in time for awards season. The movie world premieres tom\u2019w at TIFF at 2PM at the Princess of Wales. <\/p>\n

\n\tHeading into the festival today, Christy, was positioned as one of TIFF\u2019s hottest acquisition titles with Black Bear, UTA Independent Group and AC Independent handling U.S. Black Bear, I hear, believes in the movie a great deal as a commercial play and will be getting behind Sweeney in a push for Best Actress this awards season. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe biopic is directed by Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner David Mich\u00f4d. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled about the upcoming release of Christy, a moving portrait of resilience and defiance from visionary filmmaker David Mich\u00f4d,\u201d said Black Bear President of U.S. Distribution Benjamin Kramer. \u201cLed by Sydney Sweeney\u2019s masterful transformation into the iconic Christy, capturing a young woman\u2019s fierce determination to define her own destiny, the film is elevated by Mich\u00f4d\u2019s elegant direction and enriched by an electric supporting turn from Ben Foster. Both tender and unflinching, Christy is a celebration of persistence, humor, and humanity in the face of unexpected turns. We cannot wait to share it with audiences across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMich\u00f4d co-wrote the screenplay with acclaimed filmmaker Mirrah Foulkes, from a story by Katherine Fugate. Sweeney plays the titular Christy Martin, who never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia\u2014until she discovered a knack for knocking people out. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the guidance of her trainer and manager-turned-husband, Jim (Foster). But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it, as she confronts family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death. Based on remarkable true events,\u00a0Christy\u00a0is a story of resilience, courage, and the fight to reclaim one\u2019s life. The film is Black Bear\u2019s second collaboration with Sweeney, who previously starred in the studio\u2019s horror hit\u00a0Immaculate, which NEON released domestically. <\/p>\n

\n\tChristy\u00a0was produced by Black Bear, Anonymous Content, Votiv, Fifty-Fifty Films, and Yoki. Producers are Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Black Bear\u2019s Teddy Schwarzman, Votiv\u2019s Brent Stiefel and Justin Lothrop, Mich\u00f4d, and Sweeney. Executive Producers include Black Bear\u2019s Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Andrew Golov, and Clementine Quittner, Anonymous Content\u2019s David Levine and Nick Shumaker, as well as Mirrah Foulkes, Harrison Huffman, Brad Zimmerman, and Ryan Schwartz.<\/p>\n

\n\tUTA Independent Film Group\u00a0and AC Independent negotiated the deal with Black Bear on behalf of the filmmaking team. Black Bear is handling international rights and will theatrically release the film in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n

\n\tLaunched in July 2025, Black Bear\u2019s U.S. distribution arm expands its multinational theatrical business\u2014already an industry leader in the U.K., Ireland, and Canada,\u00a0where subsidiary Elevation Pictures is the top independent theatrical distributor. Led by President Benjamin Kramer and Head of U.S. Theatrical Distribution David Spitz, the new division will theatrically release a curated slate of up to 12 films per year, blending filmmaker-driven fare with wide-release action and genre films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christy, the Sydney Sweeney-Ben Foster movie about boxing legend Christy Martin, will serve as the inaugural U.S. theatrical…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2416,110971,171,53,21218,8790,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-200399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-black-bear","9":"tag-christy","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-sydney-sweeney","13":"tag-toronto","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115147836390448820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}