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Danny Glover, Pablo Schreiber, Benjamin Walker Join Cast of HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight

Andy Propst

Andy Propst

| New York City |

April 11, 2012

Pablo Schreiber
(© Tristan Fuge)
Pablo Schreiber
(© Tristan Fuge)

Additional casting has been announced for the HBO movie Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, according to a report on Deadline.com. As previously announced, Stephen Frears is directing the project.

The film, with a script by Shawn Slovo, will center on the legal battle between Ali and the government when the prize fighter became a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.

Along with the previously reported Frank Langella and Christopher Plummer, the cast will feature Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant, Danny Glover, Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber, and Benjamin Walker.

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