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‘Iron Mike’: Trevante Rhodes To Star As Mike Tyson In Hulu’s Upcoming Limited Series

May 27, 2021 1:27 pm

As we’ve seen so many times before, it appears that Hollywood has yet another case of twin productions, with two Mike Tyson biopic series currently in development. While we already know that Jamie Foxx is atta...

‘Tyson’: Jamie Foxx’s Mike Tyson Limited Series Is Happening With Antoine Fuqua Directing & Martin Scorsese Producing

Charles Barfield

March 22, 2021 9:13 pm

News, Television

Sometimes passion projects are teased but never happen. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, these projects will eventually get made, even if it takes years to do so. That appears to be the case with Jamie Foxx and...

Jamie Foxx “Officially Got The Real Ball Rolling” On His Long-Awaited Mike Tyson Biopic

Charles Barfield

June 19, 2020 3:00 pm

News

Jamie Foxx is an actor with plenty of experience in the realm of biopics. He’s had roles in “Ali,” “Just Mercy,” and, obviously, “Ray.” The latter of which earned him a Best Actor Oscar win. And now, he has hi...

Anthony Hopkins To Star As Mike Tyson’s Trainer In New Biopic From Director Nick Cassavetes

Charles Barfield

February 21, 2020 1:05 pm

News

Regardless of the talent attached to a biopic about Mike Tyson, the boxer’s story alone is going to be worth the price of admission. However, when you add Anthony Hopkins to the mix, then suddenly, the film “C...

Andy Samberg Returns To HBO For More Comedy With ‘Tour de Pharmacy’

Charles Barfield

July 19, 2016 1:29 pm

Television

After the success of last year’s wild tennis rivalry comedy “7 Days in Hell,” HBO is re-teaming with the trio that made it happen —star Andy Samberg, writer Murray Miller and director Jake Szymanski— for a mock...