Yesterday saw the latest US poster from director Peter Segal’s forthcoming sporting rivalry comedy Grudge Match. It’s a fun-looking flick uniting cinematic boxing icons Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone two local Pittsburgh fighters – Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp – and now today De Niro land is first punch with his own retro character one-sheet.
The two fighters had scored a victory against the other during their heyday, but in 1983, on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly announced his retirement, going on to deliver a knock-out punch to both their careers. Now three decades later, a smart-mouthed boxing promoter, played by comedian Kevin Hart, offers them a chance to settle the score one and for all.
GRUDGE MATCH is set for release in the US on the 25th December and the UK 17th January 2014. It co-stars Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger and Jon Bernthal.
Source: Warner Bros.
