ComingSoon is excited to debut The Royal trailer for Samuel Goldwyn Films’ upcoming baseball biopic based on the life of Willie Mays Aikens. It stars Amin Joseph (Snowfall), Andrea Navedo (Jane The Virgin), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Nic Bishop (Truth Be Told), and Dallas Young (Cobra Kai). The true story baseball drama will be released in theaters on July 15.
“The Royal tells the story of iconic former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens, whose promising career quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction,” says the synopsis. “Aikens, to this day a World Series home run record holder, was entrapped by tricky cops and ultimately sentenced to the longest prison sentence ever given to a professional athlete in a drug case. The Royal is an intimate portrait of a man taking the hard circumstances of his life and turning them around against all odds, as he seeks redemption with his estranged family and friends (including George Brett), with baseball, and ultimately with himself upon his release from prison.:
Check out The Royal trailer below:
Directed by Marcel Sarmiento, it is produced by Scott Resnick, Amin Joseph, Rick Montgomery, and Gregory Jordan.