Deadline reports that, like Eminem's 8 Mile, Southpaw "will be fueled by the struggles that inform Eminem's music and mirror his life." He'll play an up and coming boxer who "brawls his way to the title, only to see his world crash down around him due to tragedy. The movie is about his fight to reclaim past glory."
The DreamWorks deal comes on the heels of Eminem's comeback album Recovery nabbing 10 Grammy nominations.
"In a way, this is a continuation of the 8 Mile story, but rather than a literal biography, we are doing a metaphorical narrative of the second chapter of his life," says Sutter. "At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy. I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It's a much harder road for a southpaw than a right handed boxer."
