Jamie Foxx is finally bringing Mike Tyson's story to the big screen. Since the 2014 announcement that Foxx, now 52, would star in a biopic centered on the legendary boxer, the project has been tangled in the web of film development.
Now, according to Foxx himself, things are finally moving forward. The Oscar winner recently chatted with filmmaker Mark Birnbaum over Instagram Live, where he revealed that the project is underway. "It's a definitive yes," Foxx said. "Doing biographies is a tough thing.
Sometimes it takes 20 years to get them done, but we officially got the real ball rolling." Jamie Foxx (left) and Mike Tyson. (Getty/Reuters) The "Ray" star added that he "can't wait" to share the story before diving into the story of how he met.
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