Nick Nolte is set to play a Vietnam veteran boxer-turned-steel mill worker whose family was torn apart by his alcoholism.

He is now-sober and remorseful as he welcomes back his youngest son (Tom Hardy) and trains him to compete in a mixed martial arts tournament. He and his older brother, played by Joel Edgerton, are on a collision course in the ring. Jennifer Morrison is also cast in the film.  

Gavin O’Connor is set to direct the movie, Warrior, in the world of mixed martial arts fighting. Production starts in April in Pittsburgh.