Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in biopic, script by Terence Winter *UPDATE* Scorsese to direct?!

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I'm sure Jamie can pull it off. He an excellent actor.

Yo, maybe its just me but Jamie in Ali had me dying. Especially during that first fraiser fight. His reactions had me on the fukking floor. :mjlol:
 

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Once an actor gets nom for a biopic he should be banned from doing more.
Also fukk biopics when the person is still alive
Unless it's a Shaq biopic
 

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LOL, great point. It was more about the Tyson early years. Michael Jai didn't do that bad and Paul Winfield did good as Don King but Vin Rhames did better in that "Don King" movie. But this needs to be a FULL BIO-PIC. Tyson as kid, then all his glory, then his downfall with the rap charge and prison term. Then his comeback by being on TV. I could see Jamie doing the voice too. He's going to have to work out to get Tyson physique back then.

Like I said earlier, watch the Tookie Williams movie Jamie did a few years ago and you will see how big that dude can get...dude looked like the Rock in the movie
 
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Like I said earlier, watch the Tookie Williams movie Jamie did a few years ago and you will see how big that dude can get...dude looked like the Rock in the movie

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Jamie Foxx has made his desire to play Mike Tyson well-known for years. Despite his wishes taking so long to finally come true, it appears the movie will get just about the best treatment Hollywood has to offer. Foxx told Power 106's The Breakfast Club Martin Scorsese is onboard to direct the film reportedly written by Terence Winter.

Scorsese and Winter previously teamed up for another biopic about a wildly successful but often unsavory man who lost nearly everything. It was called The Wolf of Wall Street. The two also work together on Boardwalk Empire and are making an untitled rock n' roll projectfor HBO.

Scorsese's involvement hasn't been officially confirmed, but this sounds like it'll be a damn good film handled by filmmakers with a firm grasp on nuance. The legendary director also helmed one of the best boxing films of all time, Raging Bull. Here's to hoping he gets in the ring once again.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/...+03+2015&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
 

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Jamie Foxx has made his desire to play Mike Tyson well-known for years. Despite his wishes taking so long to finally come true, it appears the movie will get just about the best treatment Hollywood has to offer. Foxx told Power 106's The Breakfast Club Martin Scorsese is onboard to direct the film reportedly written by Terence Winter.

Scorsese and Winter previously teamed up for another biopic about a wildly successful but often unsavory man who lost nearly everything. It was called The Wolf of Wall Street. The two also work together on Boardwalk Empire and are making an untitled rock n' roll projectfor HBO.

Scorsese's involvement hasn't been officially confirmed, but this sounds like it'll be a damn good film handled by filmmakers with a firm grasp on nuance. The legendary director also helmed one of the best boxing films of all time, Raging Bull. Here's to hoping he gets in the ring once again.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/03/martin-scorsese-to-direct-mike-tyson-film?utm_campaign=complexmag+socialflow+03+2015&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

If that's true and not Jamie selling wolf tickets :wow:
 
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