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Jamie Foxx to Play Mike Tyson in Upcoming Biopic
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:10 pm
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Jamie Foxx won an Oscar in 2005 for portraying singer/songwriter Ray Charles in the Taylor Hackford-directed Ray and now he's looking to take on another well-known personality as he enters the boxing ring to portray "Iron" Mike Tyson.
According to Variety, Foxx is attached to an untitled biopic on the controversial sports star that's being put together and produced by Foxx's manager Rick Yorn with "The Sopranos" creator and Oscar-nominate screenwriter Terence Winter writing the screenplay.
So far, the project doesn't have a distributor although there should be a lot of interest in the project once all the t's are crossed and i's are dotted, mainly due to the popularity Tyson has achieved not only in his heyday as a boxer which took him to the very top of the sport, but also following a fall from grace that included six years of prison for rape, and subsequent charges of driving while drunk and drug possession after the death of his daughter and filing for bankruptcy.
In recent years, Tyson's life has turned around with notable appearances in hit movies like The Hangover, a one-man show that played in Vegas and on Broadway as well as a bestselling memoir called "Undisputed Truth."
It hasn't been reported whether the memoir might be used as a basis for the film or how much of Tyson's life will be covered in this biopic nor whether another actor might play the younger Tyson.
Previously, HBO tackled Tyson's story with the 1995 film "Tyson" starring Michael Jai White and Tyson's friend James Toback directed an award-winning documentary of the same name in 2008.
Foxx was recently seen as Electro in Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but he has experience with sports movies having played Dwight Brown, Muhammad Ali's corner man in Michael Mann's Ali and quarterback Willie Beamen in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday. He next stars as Daddy Warbucks in the Sony musical Annie.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:13 pm to abellsujr
Michael Jai White's Tyson was really good and a really underrated performance from a an actor who hasn't really gone on to do very much.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:13 pm to abellsujr
The Tyson cartoon will be better than the movie
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:19 pm to Tactical1
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Michael Jai White's Tyson was really good and a really underrated performance from a an actor who hasn't really gone on to do very much.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:24 pm to abellsujr
Fox kind of looks like Tyson.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:25 pm to PortCityTiger24
He's gonna have to put on some weight. Will Smith did for Ali. He can do it. I'm going to be interested to see how he does the lisp.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:26 pm to abellsujr
Anyone remember Carl the Tooth Williams.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:47 pm to Tactical1
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Michael Jai White's Tyson was really good and a really underrated performance from a an actor who hasn't really gone on to do very much.
That's because he's done enough you jive turkey
But ya, I remember watching that Tyson on HBO back in the day.
This post was edited on 7/30/14 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:52 pm to abellsujr
I honestly think Foxx can pull off a pretty good Tyson. Think it's a good match.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:54 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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I honestly think Foxx can pull off a pretty good Tyson. Think it's a good match.
I'm going to write an article on the Huffington post bitching about this casting choice.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 7:14 pm to abellsujr
If Foxxx pulls this off he deserves an oscar, I don't think he can do it without being funny
Posted on 7/30/14 at 7:21 pm to abellsujr
JGL as Little Mac
That dude from Blood Sport as Piston Honda
Jim Carrey as Don Flamenco
That dude from Blood Sport as Piston Honda
Jim Carrey as Don Flamenco
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:41 pm to 12
This will be a bomb. Mark my words.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:05 pm to abellsujr
Hope Jim Carey reprises his role as Gerry Cooney.
Posted on 8/1/14 at 6:48 am to shutterspeed
Haven't they been talking about this for about 10 years?
Seems like none of the studios have been interested and doesn't seem like that has changed.
Seems like none of the studios have been interested and doesn't seem like that has changed.
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