Ten years ago, Gavin O’Connor’s passion project about MMA hit the big screen. It starred Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, and Nick Nolte, and was produced by the Hollywood powerhouse Lionsgate. Despite the team behind it, Warrior flopped.
However, thanks to streaming services, the MMA movie about the Conlon brothers found a second life and became a cult hit. The popularity of the film has grown to where Lionsgate took notice, and greenlit a return to the world of mixed martial arts.