The trailer for the next great boxing movie has arrived, and it's a knockout. Miles Teller stars in Bleed for This as real-life champ Vinny Pazienza, aka Vinny Paz, "The Pazmanian Devil," and he could be a contender for an Oscar if this first spot is any indication. The sports biopic offers the actor an awards-baiting premise of a critically injured athlete defeating all odds to make an inspiring comeback.
And with Ben Younger (Boiler Room) at the helm, with his first feature in more than a decade, plus the genuine talent of the Whiplash star, Bleed for This looks deserving of Academy recognition. If your impression is also that the movie feels like a Martin Scorsese picture, that's because the Raging Bull director is one of its producers.
Joining the very beefed-up Teller for the drama on-screen are a balding Aaron Eckhart as trainer Kevin Rooney, Ted Levine as trainer and manager Lou Duva, Ciaran Hinds and Katey Sagal as Vinny's parents, Amanda Clayton as his sister, and Christine Evangelista as a girlfriend named Ashley, who is probably a composite character.
Watch the trailer via Entertainment Weekly below and catch it when it opens in limited release on November 4 and then wide on November 23.