Here the official movie poster for Generation Iron, the docudrama from Vlad Yudin opening in theaters on September 20, 2013. The movie follows the world’s leading bodybuilders as they train and compete for the holy grail of bodybuilding, the coveted Mr. Olympia title.
Generation Iron is shaping up to be the spiritual successor to the bodybuilding classic documentary “Pumping Iron“; which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and was directed by Robert Fiore and produced by Jerome Gary. Vlad Yudin is slated to direct and co-produce Generation Iron with Edwin Mejia, along with executive producer Jerome Gary (who produced the critically acclaimed 1977 docudrama Pumping Iron). Generation Iron, a docudrama follows the world’s top seven bodybuilders as they compete to bring home the 2012 Mr. Olympia title. The film tries to take a look into the widely misunderstood world of bodybuilding. The documentary stars bodybuilding legends Kai Greene, Phil Heath, Branch Warren and Dennis Wolf and closely follows them along as they prepare for the 2012 Mr. Olympia.