Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in biopic

July 30, 2014 12:12 pm | Updated 12:12 pm IST - Los Angeles

Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson. File photos.

Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson. File photos.

Actor Jamie Foxx will reportedly be transformed into Mike Tyson for a new biopic.

Foxx, 46, would be transformed by the CGI technology that changed Brad Pitt from an old man to a baby in “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”, reports >mirror.co.uk .

The boxer, 48, who was the youngest heavyweight champion at 20, also said “Raging Bull” director Martin Scorsese, would be involved.

Tyson said: “Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it. Within a year to 18 months, we’re going to do the Mike Tyson story and he’s going to portray me, and now they have this new animation; because you know Jamie’s pretty much my age so he can’t portray me but they have this new system.”

The film may be titled “Champion”.

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