Mike Tyson: Everything you need to know about the former boxing champion’s unauthorized biopic
The former American boxer Mike Tyson Experience an open war with the audiovisual platform Hulu For the series Mikea content of eight episodes about his life that will be released on Thursday 25 Augustand this led him to accuse the producers of “steals” his story and be “racist”.
Hero Trevinte Rhodes, best known for her portrayal of Chiron in the film Moonlight by Barry Jenkins, Oscar winner.
Trevante Rhodes as Tyson in the MIKE series, which debuts on August 25 on Star +.
He has also acted in films such as Bird Box, The Predator, 12 Strong Y The United States vs. Billie Vacation.
The controversy
Returning to the Hulu series, promises to be one of the most controversial expeditions of recent times. On the eve, as if that were not enough, are added the serious accusations of Tyson, who through his social networks has tagged the American platform saying that he will broadcast “the streaming version of a slaver”.
“Don’t let Hulu fool them. I don’t support your story on my life. This isn’t 1822. This is 2022. They stole my story and didn’t pay me, “Tyson recently wrote on Instagram.
Mike Tyson, not at all happy that he didn’t charge a peso for this series. Photo: AFP
As controversy erupts and promises to continue in court, there are those who think it may be a press move, scandal included, to position the former world heavyweight champion’s series.
And he concluded his message by suggesting that Hulu executives treat him in a “racist” way and only see him as a person to be exploited.
Previously, Tyson had posted a photo with the Brit Dan Whitepresident of the UFCaccompanied by a text in which it assured that Hulu had offered “millions” to the businessman to promote this series, which he refused.
“Hulu desperately tried to pay my brother Dana White millions without offering me a dollar to promote his slave version of my story. He turned down the million dollar offer because it honors friendship and treats people with dignity.” , he wrote. Iron Mike.
Also, the former boxer posted last week on his Twitter account “heads will roll”referring to the “robbery” that, in his opinion, he suffered.
The official promotion
The Mike series poster.
On its website, Hulu promotes Mike as a series that “explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Mike Tyson’s professional and personal life”.
It should also be noted that the series is a “Unauthorized and unrestricted interpretation” of Tyson’s life.
Hulu has launched the advancement of Mike the June 8, 2022. The images are dramatically featured on the back of an adult tyson in a suit, sitting in a dimly lit locker room illuminated by a rectangle.
The first image that was released from the series, in which the role of Mike Tyson is played by actor Trevante Rhodes.
The trailer ends with a shocking scene of Tyson in white boxers, shirtless, standing and with a white tiger chained to his feet.
Fierce boxer, possibly the most dazzling boxer of all time, Tyson accumulated 44 ko with 50 wins in a total of 58 fights.
He was the youngest world champion in the heavyweight category in 1986.
Withdrawn and troubled, in 2016 she created a company that sells all kinds of marijuana-related products, from groceries to “Premium” crops.
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Source: Clarin