Lenny Abrahamson's next to be bisexual boxer biopic

Irish director Lenny Abrahamson is set to follow up Room with a film about Emile Griffith, a boxer with an interesting life story

Lenny Abrahamson's next to be bisexual boxer biopic

Irish director Lenny Abrahamson's star is really on the rise. After courting international attention with Frank he's now earning incredible notices for his latest feature Room, which could be in the running for Oscar glory next year. And he's already lining up his next project.

Together with frequent producer Ed Guiney, Abrahamson is eyeing the story of boxer Emile Griffith for the biopic treatment. It will be based on the 2015 book A Man's World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae. The title refers to the fact that Griffith was an acclaimed sportsman and also bixsexual - something which was still illegal in the 1960s and especially condenmed in the world of boxing.

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