Big George Foreman Director George Tillman Jr. Says Foreman Chose Jesus over Money

Michael Foust recently sat down with Geroge Tillman, the director of the upcoming movie "Big George Foreman."

Published May 18, 2023

The trailer for the upcoming faith-centric movie Big George Foreman recently launched, showcasing the boxer’s transformation from heavyweight champion to preacher and then heavyweight champion again.

Foreman famously won two heavyweight titles two decades apart – in 1973 and then in 1994. His “Rumble in the Jungle” bout with Muhammid Ali in 1974 – Foreman came into the match undefeated but lost – remains one of the most famous boxing events in sports history.

A 1968 Olympic Gold medalist, he became a Christian minister in the late 1970s.

Big George Foreman stars Khris Davis (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Foreman and Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker as Foreman’s trainer and mentor, Doc Broadus. George Tillman Jr. (This Is Us, The Hate U Give) directed it. The Sony Pictures/Affirm Films movie will be released in theaters on April 28.

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Originally published May 19, 2023.

Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

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