Queen of the Ring uses the story of Mildred Burke to expertly explore women's pro wrestling in a time when they weren't allowed in the sport.

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 ...

At the end of the day, that reality was the goal for director, Ash Avildsen. "It was a year prior to even WWE putting her into the Hall of Fame when I first got tipped off about the book from JR ...

Ash Avildsen. Photo Credit: Storm Santos. Ash Avildsen. Photo Credit: Storm Santos. Ash Avildsen chatted directing his new movie “Queen of the Ring,” which is based on the book of the same ...

All Elite Wrestling CEO Tony Khan reveals how Toni Storm became involved in the "Queen of the Ring" film, which released in ...

Ash Avildsen, son of 'Rocky' director John G. Avildsen, helms a mediocre copy of his father’s Oscar-winning boxing pic. Spanning two decades in Burke’s life, from her start in the 1930s to ...

Moviefone speaks with Emily Bett Rickards and Ash Avildsen about 'Queen of the Ring'. "When I read the script, I was immediately hooked," Rickards said. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of ...

Emily Bett Rickards knew very little about professional wrestling before signing on to play one of its most important female trailblazers, Mildred Burke, in the biopic Queen of the Ring. But after ...

Queen of the Ring is a biographical sports drama, written and directed by Ash Avildsen. It stars Canadian actress, Emily Bett Rickards, playing wrestler Mildred Burke.

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 -directed ...