The movie is called Fist Fight and will also star Ice Cube and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Charlie Day, reports TheWrap. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Morgan would play the school’s coach. His upcoming movie will be directed by a veteran director Richie Keen and will center on a mild-mannered teacher who is going to be challenged on a fist fight, by a colleague who is much tougher than him. Norris will play the school’s principal, with Bell playing a guidance counselor. It’s a film written by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. His friend and fellow comedian, James McNair, was killed in the said accident.
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Dennis Haysbert is also in talks for a part, while JoAnna Garcia Swisher has signed on as Day’s pregnant onscreen wife. Day is the executive producer on the film along with Dan Cohen, Marty Ewing and Billy Rosenberg, according to Variety. The film is being produced by Shawn Levy, Max Greenfield and John Rickard.
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The last films he appeared in were Chris Rock’s 2014 comedy Top Five and the recently unearthed David O. Russell rom-com Accidental Love, released earlier this year. He was even able to crack a few jokes amidst his emotional speech. The actor was previously a cast member on the sketch show from 1996 to 2003. While there’s no word on a projected premiere date so far, the movie is expected to kick off production in Atlanta sometime this month. He co-starred with Ice Cube in the 2008 comedy “First Sunday” and the 2005 comedy “Are We There Yet?”.
