so she started telling me about 'Queen of the Ring' and wanting me to get in touch with Ash [Avildsen], the director. She said, "Why don't you try a demo for this scene and show them what you ...

Queen of the Ring is now officially in theaters and the story of Mildred Burke is finally mainstream. At the end of the day, that reality was the goal for director, Ash Avildsen. "It was a year ...

Film Review, a movie directed by Ash Avildsen, written by Alston Ramsay, Jeff Leen and Ash Avildsen and starring Emily Bett ...

Queen of the Ring excels at showcasing the history of women's pro wrestling. It's a story that's gone underrepresented on the ...

Ash Avildsen, son of 'Rocky' director John ... 1930s to that aforementioned championship title in the 1950s, “Queen of the Ring” has a lot of story to cover. Avildsen, working from Jeff ...

The post Emily Bett Rickards and Ash Avildsen on Bringing Wrestling Pioneer Mildred Burke to Life in Queen of the Ring: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Taking place from the 1930s to the ...

Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Leen’s nonfiction book “The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend,” the Ash Avildsen-penned and ...

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the very first professional women wrestlers. Director Ash Avildsen's new film The Queen of The Ring explores the rise ...

The biopic 'Queen of the Ring,' chronicling wrestler Mildred Burke's life, faces controversy. Makers accuse WWE of sabotaging promotional efforts, all ...

which is what pro-wrestling biopic Queen of the Ring does, alongside ignoring the reality of Burke’s life. The story presented by writer/director Ash Avildsen shows the rise and fall and rise ...