‘Ali’ to return to theatres to celebrate the boxing legend

By The Associated Press

Posted Jun 8, 2016 03:02:57 PM.

Last Updated Jun 8, 2016 04:06:44 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The 2001 Muhammad Ali biopic “Ali” will return to theatres this weekend to celebrate the late boxing legend.

Sony Pictures said Wednesday that Michael Mann’s film, starring Will Smith, will play in a few hundred theatres nationwide. “Ali” earned Oscar nominations for Smith and supporting actor Jon Voight as Howard Cosell.

Following Ali’s death Friday at 74, numerous theatres have also scheduled screenings of “When We Were Kings.” The 2006 Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” between Ali and George Foreman.

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