Cyrus Langhorne
Hollywood superstar Will Smith‘s highly-acclaimed Ali movie is reportedly being re-released this week following the tragic passing of sports icon Muhammad Ali.
According to Sony’s President of Worldwide Distribution Rory Bruer, the film will return to theaters Friday (June 10).
“The film truly honors everything that made Ali one of the central figures of our time, a man who commanded his sport but whose personal faith and principles made him mean so much more. Muhammad Ali truly was The Greatest, and this tribute is a great way to honor him.” (Statement)
Last week, Smith remembered the late boxing champion with throwback pictures.
Smith and other high-profile celebrities will be pallbearers at the late boxer’s Kentucky funeral.
Britain’s former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and actor Will Smith will be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali’s funeral on Friday. London-born Lewis, 50, became undisputed world champion in 1999, while American Smith, 47, played Ali in the 2001 film of the same name. (BBC)
Ali’s funeral will take place Friday (June 10) afternoon.
They will be accompanied by Ali’s cousin John Grady, his nephew Ibn Ali, his former brother-in-law Komawi Ali, his cousin Jan Wadell, his friend John Ramsey and Jerry Ellis, the brother of his former sparring partner Jimmy Ellis. His funeral will be held at 2 p.m. ET on Friday in Louisville, with 15,000 tickets available to the public. (Sports Illustrated)
