EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Williams is set to star as Christa McAuliffe in The Challenger, a feature film about the 1986 space shuttle tragedy being produced by John and Art Linson and Argent Pictures’ Ben Renzo. Land of Mine director Martin Zandvliet will direct the biopic of sorts that is penned by Jayson Rothwell. A May…

Independent boxing drama The Challenger, featuring Michael Clark Duncan in his final role, has landed a limited theatrical release through partnership with Regal Cinemas that begins September 11, 2015. The release will include over 30 theaters, including 10 in the top 20 US markets. The Challenger focuses on a…

Michael Clarke Duncan and S. Epatha Merkerson have signed on for director-writer-director Kent Moran’s upcoming boxing drama The Challenger. The film centers on a struggling Bronx auto mechanic (Moran) who is forced back into boxing after he and his mother are evicted from their home and is helped by a legendary…