Pushing hard to truly finish up filming with our final tidying up pickup shot sessions, we had a small shoot this past weekend, October 4th, 2014, in Stockton, CA at the Stockton Indoor Sports Complex. The amateur boxing event was held by former professional boxer, and great supporter of F4YL, Yaqui Lopez. In addition to some much needed cast and crowd shots for the film, here we were able to get some shots with the great Iron Mike Tyson himself, a personal friend of Yaqui’s! Now, as excited as we are to have had the opportunity to get these shots, there is no guarantee we will be able to use them in F4YL.
We have been in communication with Yaqui and Mr. Tyson’s people f9r the last several months in a valiant attempt to get the permission necessary to shoot Mike at this event and to use what we might get with Mr. Tyson within Fight 4 Your Life in some form. We even ventured to Sin City, Las Vegas, in September for a chance to meet Iron Mike briefly and run things by him, which we were somewhat successful in doing, believe it or not, even providing Mr. Tyson with an official F4YL poster and tee shirt. Much love goes out to cast member Tony “The Tiger” Lopez for helping us to accomplish what we did! And boy was it awesome attending a Floyd Mayweather event!
As we review what we were able to shoot this past weekend with Iron Mike, and as the progress with his management continues, we will keep you all up to date. So, please keep your fingers crossed for us. One thing is for certain though, Iron Mike is a cool cat! And we greatly appreciate his cooperation during the short time he was at the event. Just to have this opportunity took a lot of work on the end of the one studios crew. We hope Mike and his people see it fit to join the fight! Special thanks to Mike’s longtime friend Tom Patti for helping as much as he could.
Tony doing some reffing!
Speaking of the one studios crew, we have been diligently working to get a lot of material out for the world to see very soon. Expect continual updates to this site over the next couple of months, with a good sized update coming over the next couple of weeks containing lots of new bios and media. Awesome stuff is on the way and we can’t wait for you all to see it! ….including the next official teaser trailer….AND the full length trailer being in the not too distant future!!! OH, and, YES, in the works is for you to have the opportunity to purchase cool F4YL tees, posters and other media as well! All proceeds will go towards helping us finish everything in the very strenuous post production process.
Thank you for your continued support amigos! Please support Yaqui Lopez and his great cause to help the kids too. And swing by the Stockton Indoor Sports Complex if you’re in the area. Facility manager Jimmy is a great dude! And, as always, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and check out our pics on Instagram here and there. Our IMDb page will be updated soon also. WOW! We’re busy!
– The one studios crew
