Last week Deadline broke the news that Blake Lively has signed on to star in Nick Cassavetes’ Bruised, and we’re hearing the movie will also mean a return to NYC for the former Gossip Girl star.
The movie will follow Jackie (Lively), a single mother and disgraced MMA fighter who must get back in the cage to keep her son and give him the life he deserves. According to Celebrity Service, the movie will begin filming in New York City in mid-September.
Sierra/Affinity is introducing the project to buyers in Cannes this week.
Most recently, Lively starred in the blockbuster The Shallows, which earned $119 million globally. She also starred in last year’s Woody Allen film Café Society with Steve Carell, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, which was partially filmed in NYC, too.
Cassavetes is best known as the director of The Notebook and The Other Woman.
