1 of 3 | Sydney Sweeney plays Christy Martin in the new film “Christy.” Photo courtesy of Black Bear Pictures
Black Bear Pictures is giving a glimpse of the new film Christy.
The studio shared a trailer for the movie Thursday featuring Sydney Sweeney as real-life former professional boxer Christy Martin.
Christy explores how Christy, a young woman from a small town in West Virginia, charged “into the world of boxing under the guidance of her trainer and manager-turned-husband, Jim (Ben Foster).”
“But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it — confronting family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death,” an official synopsis reads.
The real-life Christy, aka “The Coal Miner’s Daughter,” is a Boxing Hall of Famer credited with putting women’s boxing on the map. In 2010, she survived a stabbing and shooting by her now late ex-husband, who was subsequently found guilty of attempted second-degree murder.
Christy premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last week and will open in theaters Nov. 7. The film is co-written by David Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, and directed by Michôd.
Christy’s story was previously explored in the Netflix documentary Untold: Deal with the Devil.
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Sydney Sweeney attends the world premiere of “Christy” during the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
