Louis Gossett Jr. has signed up to co-star alongside James Caan in the boxing drama A Fighting Man, which is written and directed by Damian Lee.

The film will tell the story of two men who meet head to head in the ring for a fight that will change their lives. One man fights for redemption and forgiveness while the other fights for hope and change. In the end, win or lose, they realize they need each other to make it through. 

In A Fighting Man, Gossett Jr and Caan will be joined by Dominic Purcell, Famke Janssen, Adam Beach, Kim Coates, Michael Ironside, Sheila McCarthy and Izaak Smith. 

No word yet on what character each actor has signed up to play.

Rollercoaster Entertainment and Vortex Words + Pictures are producing.

Last we saw Gossett Jr was in Russ Parr’s The Undershepherd, which recently made its broadcast premiere on TV One.