Feb 29 2008Jamie Foxx to Play Iron Mike?
Having already taken biopic roles as Tookie Williams, Ray Charles, and Nathaniel Ayers, and with plans to play Earl Sanders and Bob Marley, Jamie Foxx has proven himself the man to get for any and every true story about a black guy. So when word spreads of a Mike Tyson film in the works, guess whose name is coming up.
That's right, if you trust Tyson (reminder: a jury didn't), he and Foxx have been in talks to collaborate on a biopic, which may or may not be titled Cannibal Rapist. Says the pugilist:
I have a movie on the verge of happening, probably in two years from now. Me and Jamie Foxx are going to do a collaboration. He's going to play me in my life story. We've talked about it many times.
Of course, if Foxx hopes to play "Iron" Mike Tyson, he will first have to play Piston Honda, Mr. Sandman, and Super Macho Man, whose Super Spin Punch is totally tough.
Jamie Foxx is Mike Tyson? [Cinematical]
Reader Comments
1. cbobgo - February 29, 2008 2:38 PM
Apparently Hollywood thinks all black men look alike? Doesn't the fact that Tyson's left bicep weighs more than Fox's entire body cause a problem? Ray Charles and Mike Tyson were not twins seperated at birth.
2. The Moat - February 29, 2008 3:05 PM
25 Bonus Points for the "Punch-Out" reference.
3. wendy - February 29, 2008 3:38 PM
"Of course, if Foxx hopes to play "Iron" Mike Tyson, he will first have to play Piston Honda, Mr. Sandman, and Super Macho Man, whose Super Spin Punch is totally tough."
That made my day, thanks.
4. celebrty sexy video and pictures - February 29, 2008 4:24 PM
good man jimi
5. Andrew - February 29, 2008 6:28 PM
why dont they just cast morgran freeman as all those characters cuz apparently any1 can play any1 now.... Jamie playing Bob Marley is offensive.....no american should play him its just wrong... I'm a Jamaican and i have yet to see a Jamaican accent on tv that wasnt TOTALLY INNACURATE , and without a tonneee of "mon" references....
6. VInkorleone - March 1, 2008 12:27 PM
He should get back to comedy. Playing his impression of Tyson from In Living Color would be a good start.
7. Interslicery - March 3, 2008 12:58 AM
whens the George Washington Carter movie comming out?
8. Shufflin' Crew - March 3, 2008 2:33 AM
Personally, i think Butkus could play Ditka a lot better.
...Huh? Who the hell is "Mike Tyson"? Is he some heir to the chicken fortune?