EAST GREENWICH, R.I.,
Dec. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Verdi
Productions is pleased to announce that
their current project, Bleed For This, has
officially wrapped. Bleed For This was a passion project for
producers Chad and Michelle Verdi that was five years in the
making. The film was executive produced by Martin Scorsese and written and Directed
by Ben Younger (Boiler Room, Prime). Oscar winning
producer Bruce Cohen (Silver Linings
Playbook, American Beauty), Oscar nominee Emma Tillinger Koskoff (The Departed, Wolf of
Wall Street), Noah Kraft and Pamela Thur joined Chad
and Michelle Verdi (Loosies, Silence) as producers.
Joshua Sason Executive Produced.
Bleed For This tells the true-life story of five-time world
champion boxer and Rhode Island
native, Vinny Pazienza
("Vinny Paz"), who was injured and
left with a broken neck in a near-fatal car accident at the peak of
his career. After months of recovery and against doctors' orders,
Paz returned to the gym under Mike
Tyson's former trainer Kevin
Rooney, and made a triumphant return to the ring just over a
year later.
Verdi stated, "I want to thank all the people that were
involved and helped make this film happen. Especially the thousands
of extras that came out and supported us for the three
fight scenes. Without them, this film was not possible." Verdi
added, "All the major oversea territories for the film are
already sold to a major distributor and I expect the domestic
rights to sell in early 2015."
Verdi Productions' next project is Silence and is
already in pre-production. It stars Liam Neeson, Andrew
Garfield, and Adam Driver with
Martin Scorsese directing. Silence is being filmed in
Taiwan. The story takes place
during the seventeenth century where two Jesuit priests
face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the
gospel of Christianity. Chad and Michelle Verdi who are
executive producers on the film plan to be on set in early
March 2015.
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at https://www.facebook.com/bleedforthis or
https://www.facebook.com/verdiproductions
www.verdifilms.com
Chad A. Verdi
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3838148/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Verdi Productions | Rhode
Island
214 Main Street
East Greenwich, Rhode Island
02818
401-884-0655
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