Jamie Foxx To Play Mike Tyson?

Jamie Foxx is set to play Mike Tyson… if you believe certain sources.  Supposedly he’ll play Tyson through three stages of his career, being assisted visually using the same CGI technology used in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.  Tyson even says that Martin Scorcese is involved.

“Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it,” said Tyson, 48. “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.”

I’m not sure if this is true.  The source of this story is The Daily Mirror, a UK tabloid notorious for making shit up.  Even if they aren’t straight lying, maybe Tyson is.  I mean… Martin Scorcese?