Jake Gyllenhaal as famous boxer in "Southpaw" trailer (video) June 6, 2015 - 10:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new trailer for Antoine Fuqua's "Southpaw" has arrived. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope, a famous boxer who lives a perfect life before a deadly accident leaves him in despair, AceShowbiz reports. The trailer opens with Hope as a heavyweight world champion after he defeats his enemy in a boxing ring. Hope has a good career and he lives everyone's dream before the murder of his loving wife (Rachel McAdams) shatters his life. Trying to reclaim his life, Hope comes to Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Hope enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves. Eminem was originally going to star as Hope before Gyllenhaal ended up taking the role. In the upcoming movie, Gyllenhaal is joined by the likes of Naomie Harris, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, 50 Cent, Victor Ortiz, Malcolm M. Mays and Beau Knapp. Todd Black produces the movie alongside Jason Blumenthal, Alan Riche and Peter Riche while the script is written by Kurt Sutter ("Sons of Anarchy") and Richard Wenk ("The Mechanic"). The movie is slated to be released in U.S. theaters on July 24. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |