Video: André Holland Returns to the Boxing Ring in THEY FIGHT Trailer
Written and directed by Sheldon Candis, the film's world premiere takes place at the Tribeca Festival on Monday, June 8.
Disney’s Andscape has debuted the trailer for its new film, They Fight, starring André Holland, Wendell Pierce, and Samira Wiley. Written and directed by Sheldon Candis, the film's world premiere takes place at the Tribeca Festival on Monday, June 8. The movie will come to Hulu and Disney+ on Friday, July 17, 2026.
The movie follows a reformed ex-con who finds purpose mentoring young boxers at a Washington, D.C. youth gym as they pursue their dreams in and out of the ring. “THEY FIGHT is my love letter to one of my all-time favorite directors John G. Avildsen,” said writer/director Candis.
“It’s a Karate Kid inspired narrative punched in the face with a John Hughes coming-of-age story about Southeast D.C. kids fighting to dream within amateur youth boxing. André Holland plays the real life character of Walt Manigan within this documentary adaptation of a man searching to reclaim his soul.”
They Fight picks up with Walt Manigan, who comes home to Southeast D.C. a changed man. He chases redemption, desperate to reclaim his soul, but he must return to the one place he swore he’d never set foot in again: a crumbling boxing gym clinging to life under the watchful eye of his old mentor, Slim (Pierce). Inside, a ragtag trio of young fighters—Quincey, Peanut, and Twin —battle their own demons with nothing but grit and gloves. As Walt is pulled back into a world he tried to escape, he realizes his toughest fight was never in the ring.
The cast also includes Anthony B. Jenkins, Toussaint Francois Battiste, and Mykelti Williamson. Andrew Renzi co-wrote the screenplay with Candis and also produced in addition to Jason Michael Berman and Ben Renzo.
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