Michael Bisping set to star in ‘The Journeyman’
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Former UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping is all set to star as the lead in the upcoming boxing film titled “The Journeyman,” based on a book of the same name by British author Mark Turley. This wouldn’t be the first time that he’s appeared in mainstream television, however it will be the first time he’ll be playing the lead.
Bisping, who also appeared in movies prior to his retirement from fighting in 2018, has starred in television series such as “Warrior,” “Twin Peaks: The Return,” “MacGyver,” and “Magnum P.I.” Other than this, the UFC Hall of Famer has appeared in movies including “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” and “Den of Thieves.”
Bisping to play an alcoholic boxer
Bisping will be portraying Kenny “The Beast” Breen who is described as “an alcoholic, drug-abusing, past-his-prime journeyman boxer with a record of 11-85-0 who, after being diagnosed with neurological damage, continues his career on the small-hall circuit at grave risk to himself.”
The original book titled “The Journeymen: The Other Side of the Boxing Business, a New Perspective on the Noble Art,” on which the movie is based, talked about “modern-day boxers who lose for a living” including the story of U.K. fighter Johnny Greaves, who finished his career with a 4-96 record after taking numerous short notice fights as well as bouts with talented up and comers with the “implicit understanding that he was not there to win.” Greaves will actually be serving as the technical advisor on the film. ‘The Journeyman’, will be shot in England with Dax Phelan set to direct.
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