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Netflix's 'Fight for '84' Expands Cast, Starts Filming

10/14/2025

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Netflix's Fight for '84 adds 11 cast members, including Shea Whigham and Algee Smith.
The film is shooting in New Jersey, about the 1980 United States Olympic Boxing Team plane crash.
A new coach is rebuilding the team for the 1984 Olympics to achieve a record medal count.
Andrés Baiz directs Fight for '84, with Oscar-nominated writers Andrea Berloff, John Gatins, and Andy Weiss, produced by Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.

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Story summary

Netflix's Fight for '84 adds 11 cast members, including Shea Whigham and Algee Smith.
The film is shooting in New Jersey, about the 1980 United States Olympic Boxing Team plane crash.
A new coach is rebuilding the team for the 1984 Olympics to achieve a record medal count.
Andrés Baiz directs Fight for '84, with Oscar-nominated writers Andrea Berloff, John Gatins, and Andy Weiss, produced by Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.