Write On with 'Big George Foreman' Writer/Director George Tillman Jr.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future
Heavyweight Champion of the World tells the emotional journey of
the world famous boxer from his poor upbringings in Texas to his
rise to Heavyweight Champion of the World and then onto
reinventing himself when it was time to look beyond the gloves.


Final Draft's podcast Write On sits down with writer/director
George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, The Hate U Give) to hear the
inspiration behind this film. "Biopics are very complicated
to do, so I just started falling in love with the idea of this
journey that this man took from a young man to an older one,"
says Tillman Jr. on how he chose Foreman's story. "Everybody
knows him as the grill guy, so we really showed how he became the
pitchman that led to the grill you know." Listen to hear more
about bringing this larger than life man to the big screen. 


Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future
Heavyweight Champion of the World released in theaters April 28.