A biopic solely focusing on Tyson has been in the works for over five years, with Jamie Foxx (Baby Driver) being in talks to star as the iconic boxer in a separate project with Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) set to direct, but the project seems to have been lost to the realm of development hell.
After being nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for his performance in Netflix’s The Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins has found his next project in the form of the upcoming biopic Cus and Mike following Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato, according to Deadline.
Production is being eyed to begin in late spring or summer of 2020.
Michael Mendelsohn, while Natalie Perotta and Todd Smith are set to executive produce.