Back in September, just as the school year was getting started, Warner Bros. debuted thefirst trailerfor the upcoming comedyFist Fight, which hits theaters August 21, 2025. Fist Fight starsIce CubeandCharlie Dayas two high school teachers prepared to solve their differences the hard way. Today, we have the second trailer with even more new footage of what could be a huge comedy hit early next year, along with the new poster. This raucuous show down will have plenty of competition standing in its way, though.
Fist Fightwill go up against Universal’s action-adventureThe Great Wall, starringMatt Damon, 20th Century Fox’s thrillerA Cure For Wellness, starringDane DeHaanand Sony’s horror filmPatient Zero, starringNatalie Dormer. It will also open one week after a trio of highly-anticipated movies arrive on June 09, 2025, Universals’Fifty Shades Darker, Lionsgate’sJohn Wick: Chapter TwoandWarner Bros.' animated spin-offThe LEGO Batman Movie. WhileFist Fightmay surely have its work cut out for it in this crowded frame, thisoutrageous comedymay be able to pull off a box office upset.
On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. But things go from bad to worse when he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and ends up becoming the very thing this school, and Campbell, needed.
Fist Fightalso starsTracy Morgan(30 Rock),Jillian Bell(22 Jump Street),Dean Norris(Breaking Bad),Christina Hendricks(Mad Men),Dennis Haysbert(The Unit),JoAnna Garcia Swisher(The Astronaut Wives Club). This comedy marksTracy Morgan’s first film role since he was involved in a horrific 2014 car crash that almost cost the comedian his life. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
Richie Keendirects from a screenplay byVan Robichaux&Evan Susser(Funny or Die’sWhat’s Going On? With Mike Mitchell), story byVan Robichaux&Evan SusserandMax Greenfield.Fist Fightis produced byShawn Levy,Max Greenfield,John Rickard, andDan Cohen. Serving as executive producers areToby Emmerich,Richard Brener,Samuel J. Brown,Dave Neustadter,Charlie Day,Ice Cube,Marty P. Ewing,Billy Rosenberg, andBruce Berman.Keen’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photographyEric Edwards(Knocked Up), production designerChris Cornwell(Ride Along,The Wedding Ringer), editorMatthew Freund(Comedy Central’sThe Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail) and costume designerDenise Wingate(Wedding Crashers). The music is byDominic Lewis(Amazon’sThe Man in the High Castle). Take a look at the second trailer and poster forFist Fightbelow.
