A second biographical TV series about Mike Tyson is in the works – this one starring Jamie Foxx as the boxing legend and exec produced by Antoine Fuqua and Martin Scorsese.Foxx, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in 2004 biopic Ray, will star in and exec produce Tyson, a limited series directed and exec produced by Fuqua and exec produced by Raging Bull director Scorsese and Tyson himself.
Fledgling screenwriter Colin Preston wrote the pilot and is in the process of writing the full series.The project was previously set up as a feature film back in 2014 with Foxx attached to play Tyson and Terence Winter writing the script.
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