Director: Rachel Morrison
Writer(s): Barry Jenkins
Starring: Ryan Destiny, Jazmin Headley, Kylee D. Allen, Brian Tyree Henry, De’Adre Aziza, Chrystian Buddington, Maurice Wayne Anglin, Teanna Weir, Idrissa Sanogo, Taytem Douglas, Olunike Adeliyi, Adam Clark, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Nendia Lewars, Sekhai Jayden Smith, Chidubem Rafael Echendu, Sarah Allen, Lanette Ware, Jason Weinberg, Richard Lewis, Chiamaka Glory, Bobby Daniels, Michael Brown, Tyrone Benskin, Tiandria Taylor, Marium Carvell, Jamillah Ross, Amanda Barker, Ivan D. Ossa, Kenya Salmon, John Kalbhenn, Jessica Grossi, Dorian Ouaton, Patrick Dussault, Cynthia Zhou, Charlene Wong, Tabitha Tao, Jennifer Huggins, Zak Farion, Ruth Tinker, Matthew Gorman, Matt Standish, Laura Vincent, Donovan Boucher, Neil Crone, Mark Simmons, Myrthin Stagg, James Finlay Fraser, Natasha Spence, Jordan A.K. Brown, Allen Adepoju, Jasmine Jones-Ball, Daniel Jordan Anthony, Nicole Drury, Christine Cleary, Laura Vuculescu, Melissa Karagianis, Amara-Grace Boyce, Za’Niyah-Rose Kirston-Reeves, Selina An, Jim Carey, J. Timothy Hunt, Jack Nguyen, Shubei Zheng
Synopsis: A 17-year-old Claressa T-Rex Shields, a Flint, Mich, native whose dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing were realized at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Shields won a second gold medal in women’s middleweight boxing.
Release Date: December 25, 2024 (USA) | Length: 109 min | Genre: Biography, Drama, Sports | MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some strong language, thematic elements, and brief suggestive material. | Note(s): Barry Jenkins and Elishia Holmes are producers on this project. Also known as “Untitled Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields Project”. Title changed from “Flint Strong ” to “The Fire Inside”. The film is now marked as released. Waiting for trailer and poster. Based on T-Rex, a 2015 documentary about Shields. Brian Tyree Henry replaced Ice Cube. Kevin Lloyd Reid and Emmanuel Igboke were in the original cast list, but not in the final one. I wasn’t able to identify Tiandria Taylor, Richard Lewis, Mark Simmons, Jordan A.K. Brown, Allen Adepoju, Jasmine Jones-Ball, Daniel Jordan Anthony, Amara-Grace Boyce or Za’Niyah-Rose Kirston-Reeves.