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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is getting the Toronto International Film Festival off to a strong start with a figurative and literal punch in the face. Deadline hears the streamer is firming an 8-figure sum for world rights to Bruised, the mixed martial arts drama that marks the directorial debut of Halle Berry. It’s the first…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based financier Head Gear Films, which recently backed John Michael McDonagh's upcoming The Forgiven and Halle Berry's Bruised, is setting up a $25M credit facility to fund productions shooting in Serbia. The facility will be operated in partnership with Belgrade-based production outfit Balkanic Media…

UPDATED with more castings: Comedian Iliza Shlesinger, Ellen Burstyn, Jimmie Fails and Molly Parker have been added to the cast of Kornél Mundruczó-directed indie drama Pieces of a Woman from Sam Levinson's Little Lamb Productions, a division of BRON Studios. Based on a script by Kata Wéber, the plot centers on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Destroyer and TIFF Rising Star Shamier Anderson and Designated Survivor actor Adan Canto are heading into the MMA arena for Halle Berry’s feature directorial debut Bruised, Deadline has learned. Written by Michelle Rosenfarb, the pic follows Jackie Justice (played by Berry), a washed-up MMA wrestler who has…

Halle Berry sustained a minor injury while filming mixed martial arts movie Bruised in New Jersey, Deadline has confirmed. Because of the injury, a shoot scheduled for Monday was postponed. The Oscar-winning actress suffered the injury during a fight scene on the film, which also marks her directorial debut. According…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Halle Berry is making her directorial debut with Bruised, a mixed martial arts action drama in which she’s also starring. Berry, currently in production on John Wick 3 starring opposite Keanu Reeves, will reteam with John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road Pictures, who is also…

EXCLUSIVE: Blake Lively has been set for Bruised, a mixed marital arts action-drama directed by The Notebook and My Sister's Keeper helmer Nick Cassavetes. Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity is launching sales on the project to foreign buyers in Cannes this week. Lively will play Jackie, a single mother working two jobs and…