'Raging Bull II' now called 'Bronx Bull'

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- MGM says the upcoming film "Raging Bull II" is now called "The Bronx Bull" and is in no way associated with U.S. director Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull."

The studio and the new boxing film's lead producer, Dahlia Waingort, made the announcement Wednesday, EW.com said.

MGM sued last month to halt shooting on the bio-picture about boxing icon Jake LaMotta, who is now 91 and cooperating with the production.

"The parties have amicably reached a resolution of their pending litigation, pursuant to which production of a film based upon certain events in the life of Jake LaMotta will proceed under the working title 'The Bronx Bull,'" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., and Dahlia Waingort, a producer at Sunset Pictures, said in a statement. "That film is not related in any way to the 1980 motion picture entitled 'Raging Bull,' and MGM is not associated with the film in any respect. Neither party will have any further statements regarding this matter."

Robert De Niro won an Oscar for his portrayal of LaMotta in "Raging Bull."

In "Bronx Bull," William Forsythe plays LaMotta as an older man, while Mojean Aria plays him as a youth, EW.com said.