Zack Snyder is partnering with UFC and Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia‘s Normal Leisure Authority (GAE), on fighter drama Brawler.
Underneath the partnership, Snyder will direct and co-write the screenplay with writers and govt producers Shay Hatten (Ballerina) and Kurt Johnstad (300), who each beforehand collaborated with the director on his 2023 house opera Insurgent Moon.
A logline for the mission reads: “Rising from the tough streets of Los Angeles, a younger fighter will get a shot at a UFC championship, battling his interior demons as he fights for redemption.”
Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller will produce via Stone Quarry with Alalshikh and UFC Chief Content material Officer Craig Borsari additionally serving as govt producers.
“Behind each nice fighter is the story of how they bought there,” stated Snyder. “UFC is the world chief in fight sports activities, and I’m honored to be partnering with them to inform this unbelievable story.”
Alalshikh is driving drive behind Saudi Arabia’s sports activities and leisure technique as Chairman of the GEA, the state-backed physique created in 2016 to spearhead the event of the nation’s leisure sector underneath its 2030 imaginative and prescient plan aimed a shifting the economic system away from a reliance on oil.
He’s additionally the proprietor of boxing bible Ring Journal since 2024 in a personal capability, as is his involvement within the movie.
“I’ve been a fan of Zack’s work for years, his distinctive model – from his iconic motion sequences to his sweeping visuals and intensely emotional storytelling – coupled along with his humanized portrayal of deeply-flawed characters is singular, I couldn’t consider a greater individual to accomplice with to carry the UFC to the large display screen. The Ring Journal, with its 103-year legacy, will assist to make sure the mission’s success,” stated Alalshikh.
The announcement of the film follows information earlier this month that combined martial arts org UFC and WWE mum or dad TKO Group had sealed a partnership with Alalshikh and Sela, the Saudi nationwide leisure and occasions conglomerate, to ascertain a brand new boxing promotion.
UFC CEO Dana White stated of the film mission: “HE Turki Alalshikh and Zack Snyder have a shared imaginative and prescient to create a movie about UFC. They’re each very obsessed with this mission to point out followers what it takes to turn into a UFC champion. It’s an extremely formidable mission and I stay up for seeing it come to life.”
Latest productions from the Snyders and their joint firm Stone Quarry embrace Insurgent Moon: Half Two – The Scargiver, Insurgent Moon: Half One – A Little one Of Hearth, Military Of The Lifeless, Military Of Thieves and Twilight Of The Gods for Netflix.
They’re additionally at present in growth on an Untitled LAPD mission for Netflix, marking their fourth function artistic partnership with the streaming large
