Netflix announced that actor Janie Foxx will star in a forthcoming drama feature entitled Fight for ’84. The motion picture takes place in the aftermath of the tragic plane crash that killed members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Foxx stars as the new coach who is recruited to lead the team and utlimately guided them to victory at the 1984 Olympics, where the squad collected the most boxing medals in the history of the Summer Games. With the Russians and Cubans boycotting the Olympics, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, Mark Breland, Tyrell Biggs, Frank Tate, Jerry Page, Henry Tillman, Steve McCroy and Paul Gonzalez all won gold. Evander Holyfield won bronze that year. The script is credited to Andrea Berloff, John Gatins and Andy Weiss. Producers include Eric Newman, Bryan Unkeless, Jamie Foxx and Michael W. Abbott. Executive producers are Henry Tillman and Datari Turner, along with Andy Weiss.