Yes, yes. It’s ironic that Christian Bale and David O. Russell — both known for recent YouTube worthy temper tantrums — have signed on for a film called ‘The Fighter’. HARDY HAR. The shitty thing is Darren Aronofsky is out. I was interested to see what he’d do with two sports themed movies back-to-back, but we’ll never know. Not that David O. Russell is any schlump. Mark Wahlberg is also attached to the film, which means it will be the third time he and Russell team up. I loved Three Kings and enjoyed I Heart Huckabees, so I’ve got no problems with that. So what the eff is The Fighter about anyways? According to Variety:

Pic tells the story of Boston fighter “Irish” Mickey Ward and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund. Eklund once decked Sugar Ray Leonard and went the distance against the boxing legend before forfeiting his career to drugs and crime. He redeemed himself by training Ward through his Rocky-like run to the title.

Sounds pretty cool. I can get behind a story featuring two half-brothers named Mickey and Dicky. The Fighter begins production in July. (P.S. I just had to go in and edit my post, changing all of my references to the title of this film being ‘Fighting’. Am I stupid or is this just a bad idea to have to similarly named films in such a short period of time?)