By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx can be essaying the position of boxing legend Mike Tyson in an upcoming restricted sequence.
Titled “Tyson”, the present can be directed by “Southpaw” director Antoine Fuqua, reported Variety.
The sequence, which can span the entire of Tyson’s life, just isn’t presently arrange at a community or streaming service.
Fuqua, identified for motion pictures reminiscent of “Training Day”, “The Equaliser” and “Olympus Has Fallen”, will government produce the undertaking alongside veteran filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Foxx.
Colin Preston wrote the pilot for “Tyson” and is presently engaged on writing the total sequence.
“I’ve been trying to inform my story for fairly a while. With the current launch of Legends Only League and the joy from followers following my return to the ring, now appears like the right second.
“I look forward to collaborating with Martin, Antoine, Jamie, and the entire creative team to bring audiences a series that not only captures my professional and personal journey but also inspires and entertains,” Tyson stated in an announcement.
The former boxer and his spouse Kiki Tyson will government produce the present together with Sophie Watts and John Ryan Jr on behalf of Tyson’s Legends Only League.
This is not the one adaptation of the Tyson story within the works, with Hulu additionally growing “Iron Mike” with Margot Robbie as one of many government producers.
Tyson had blasted the makers of the present when it was introduced, calling it a “tone-deaf cultural misappropriation” of his life story.