Mike Tyson returns for Hulu’s upcoming limited series about his life.
The former heavyweight boxing champion criticized the streamer on the social network MiguelThe show, starring Trevante Rhodes, will premiere on August 25th. Tyson claimed that Hulu “stole the story of my life” and emphasized that he was not involved in or financially compensated for the biopic.
“Hulu is the streaming version of Slave Master,” he captioned an Instagram post on Saturday. The post itself added: “Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support your story of my life. It’s not 1822. It’s 2022. They stole my life story and didn’t pay me. To the Hulu execs, I’m just saying, you can sell at auction.
Tyson also shared his thoughts via several Twitter posts earlier in the day, including a message says, “Hulu stole my story. They are Goliath and I am David. Heads will shake for this.” later chirp Read: “Hulu model stealing celebrities’ lives is insanely greedy.”
A day earlier, Tyson took to social media to say that Hulu had offered UFC President Dana White “millions” to promote the show. “He turned it down because he respects friendship and treats people with dignity,” says Tyson. he writespartially.
Tyson raised similar concerns when the show was first announced in February 2021, with the star referring to it as “deaf-voiced cultural appropriation” in a since-deleted Instagram post. Tyson is involved in a scripted television project about his life, produced by star/executive producer Jamie Foxx and director Antoine Fuqua.
Miguel It is certainly not the first biographical project to receive criticism from those who did not participate, as it is not uncommon for public figures to be dramatized without their participation.
More recently, the HBO drama series Los Angeles Lakers the winner teamRegarding Showtime’s historic era of the NBA franchise in the 1980s, many of the figures portrayed on the show were criticized. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote in an essay that the series’ characterizations “smell of mild exploitation”, and Jerry West’s legal team demanded a retraction and an apology. (HBO, for its part, defended the series as “based on extensive factual research and credible sources.”)
time Miguel’Featured earlier this month on the Television Critics Association press tour, executive producer Stephen Rogers (I’m Tony) and showrunner Karin Gist stated that they did not intend to portray Tyson as both a hero and a villain.
“We just wanted to tell an unbiased story and let the audience decide what they think or feel,” said Gist. “It’s going to challenge what people think they know about Mike and I hope they’ll think of something different from the show.”
the hollywood reporter Hulu was contacted for comment.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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