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EXCLUSIVE: The Max Winkler-directed drama Jungleland — which pairs Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell in a drama about bare-knuckle boxing — is in the ring with Lionsgate on a deal for North American rights. Several distributors have been into this, but I’m told that Lionsgate is the frontrunner in talks to secure a…

The world of bare-knuckle boxing is explored in Max Winkler's TIFF entry Jungleland, which stars Charlie Hunnam as Stanley, who manages his boxer brother Lion (Jack O’Connell). "I'd always wanted to write sort of an unconventional love story," Winkler told us when he came to the Deadline studio, "and this one is…

EXCLUSIVE: “When a reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his older brother rack up a hefty debt, they are forced to chaperone an unexpected travel companion cross-country for one last fight in search of their fortune.” That is the simple one-liner description for Jungleland, which has its world premiere Thursday night at…

EXCLUSIVE: David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to drama Jungleland, starring Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy), Jessica Barden (End Of The F***ing World) and Jonathan Majors (White Boy Rick). CAA and Endeavor will rep U.S. In Jungleland, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jonathan Majors has landed a role opposite Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell and Jessica Barden in Jungleland, a film currently in production with Max Winkler at the helm. Winkler is directing from a screenplay he penned with Theodore B. Bressman and David Branson Smith. Majors co-stars in two films that…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Max Winkler has started production on Jungleland, the Romulus Entertainment, Big Red Films and Scott Free co-production that stars Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell and Jessica Barden. Shooting began today in Massachusetts, with Winkler directing the script he wrote with Theodore B. Bressman and David…