Post by Mattsby on Mar 22, 2021 17:44:09 GMT
Jamie Foxx will play boxing great Mike Tyson in a new biographical limited series, Variety has learned.
The series, titled simply “Tyson,” is not currently set up at a network or streaming service, but will no doubt find one quickly given the names attached to it already. Antoine Fuqua is onboard to direct and executive produce via Fuqua Films, with Martin Scorsese also executive producing via Sikelia Productions.
The series is said to span the whole of Tyson’s life.
The series, titled simply “Tyson,” is not currently set up at a network or streaming service, but will no doubt find one quickly given the names attached to it already. Antoine Fuqua is onboard to direct and executive produce via Fuqua Films, with Martin Scorsese also executive producing via Sikelia Productions.
The series is said to span the whole of Tyson’s life.
Foxx has been talking about playing Tyson for a while and now as a limited series, with a nice Scorsese bump, seems it'll finally happen. I'm curious who's gonna play Cus D'Amato... Hopkins was cast to play him in a different project last year, but as Bronx native and great Foxx-friend, how do they not ask Pacino?
- they're going to de-age him I guess? - he's 53!?!?!?!?
