Jenkins will produce alongside Michael De Luca through his Michael De Luca Productions banner.
De Luca Productions’ Elishia Holmes will also produce with Canepari and Cooper serving as executive producers.
Variety is reporting that the Oscar-nominated Black Panther and Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison is in talks to make her feature directorial debut with Universal’s Flint Strong, based on the 2015 boxing documentary T-REX directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Shields won a second gold medal in women’s middleweight boxing.