Jamie Foxx has revealed that his upcoming Mike Tyson biopic will be directed by Martin Scorsese. Last summer, Tyson claimed that the Django Unchained star would be playing him with the aid of CGI magic to ensure Foxx was aged appropriately throughout.
Foxx has now told radio station Power 105 that Scorsese will be behind the project.
“I just went in with Paramount with Mike Tyson,” he said. “So I’m going to do the Mike Tyson story. Listen, to be in the same room pitching Mike Tyson to Paramount, Mike Tyson is on one side, I’m on the other side doing Mike Tyson at the same time. And Martin Scorsese at the helm. This will be the first boxing movie that Martin Scorsese has done since Raging Bull.”
In the same interview, Foxx also says that he wants Tyson’s children to run up to him and say ‘Daddy’ because of how similar the pair will look. There hasn’t been an official announcement as yet but it follows word that Boardwalk Empire writer Terrence Winter will be working on the screenplay and Foxx’s manager Rick Yorn will produce.
Martin Scorsese is currently filming Silence, a historical drama starring Liam Neeson, and had been linked to a Frank Sinatra biopic. Jamie Foxx was last seen in the remake of Annie and as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
