Actor Christian Bale took home a Golden Globe Award, earning high praise for his role as Dickie Eklund, a former boxer addicted to drugs in the motion picture "The Fighter," a movie on the early years ...

Several biopic films of combat sports athletes have come up in Hollywood. The Fighter, released in 2010, deserves special mention for the portrayal of Mark Wahlberg as Mickey Ward and Christian Bale ...

Matt Damon was once tapped to star in the movie The Fighter alongside Mark Wahlberg. He’d later drop out of the project, and Christian Bale would pick up the role. In hindsight, Damon Bale might’ve ...

The Fighter is a natural awards-bait movie but producer David Hoberman says that in today's Hollywood, studios didn't want to make it. It started as a $70 million film produced by Paramount and ended ...

Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale's "The Fighter" is a punch-drunk tale whose fitful ramble from Jerry Springer-style family seaminess to "Rocky"-like triumph is elevated enormously by knockout ...

Micky Ward has revealed that there was talk of having ‘The Fighter' sequel, which would focus on his three-fights with Arturo Gatti. The 2010 film featured Mark Wahlberg as Ward, as he starred ...

Christian Bale has revealed how he lost weight in order to play Dicky Ecklund in The Fighter. The actor, who portrays the legendary trainer opposite Mark Wahlberg's performance as boxer Micky Ward, ...

Christian Bale and director David O. Russell have signed up for boxing movie The Fighter, according to Variety. The film, which will also star Mark Wahlberg, is scheduled to begin shooting in July. It ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Welsh-born actor Christian Bale won the Academy Award on Sunday for his supporting role as a washed-up former boxing champ in "The Fighter", moments after co-star Melissa Leo ...