The Hammer

D&E Entertainment has bought the rights to The Hammer (formally titled Hamill) a film based on the career of UFC fighter Matt Hamill. It shows how the deaf wrestler won a National Collegiate Championship. Starring deaf actors Russell Harvard and Shoshannah Stern, it has won the AFI Film Festival’s Breakthrough Audience Award, the Cleveland Film Festival’s American Independent Award and the Heartland Film Festival’s Crystal Heart Award. The Hammer releases nationwide on October 27th. Find out more here.