.RyanDestiny is set to play Claressa “T-REX” Shields, the Flint Michigan-native, world champion boxer who is the subject of Rachel Morrison’s directorial debut film, FlintStrong
At age 17, Shields’ dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing came to fruition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Michael De Luca and Elishia Holmes are producing the pic under the Universal-based Michael De Luca Productions banner alongside Jenkins. Canepari, Cooper and Sue Jaye Johnson are executive producers, while Universal’s Erik Baiers and Tony Ducret will oversee the project for the studio.and will recur on the upcoming third season of Freeform’s
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