Online content platform Hulu has announced that it will broadcast an 8-episode miniseries about the life of former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. In the background of the series, which focuses on Mike Tyson’s career and life, there are also issues such as class and racial problems in America, the power brought by fame, misogyny, and income injustice. Trevante Rhodes plays Mike Tyson in the series written by Steven Rogers and directed by Craig Gillespie.
There are already some problems with the series, which is expected to be released on August 25. Legendary boxer Mike Tyson claims that Hulu didn’t get his permission to shoot the show and stole his life story. According to the statements made by the former boxer on his official social media accounts, there will be no income from this series.
“Hulu is the streaming version of slave master”
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Mike Tyson, who used the expression of the slave master’s streaming version for Hulu in his statement on his Instagram account, stated that the platform stole his life story from him and he will never forget it. He also revealed that Hulu offered UFC president Dana White millions of dollars to advertise the show, but White refused to accept the offer so as not to betray their friendship.
Mike Tyson made similar statements at that time for the series, which was first introduced in February 2021. After the trailer released recently, he said, “Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support the platform’s story about my life. It’s not 1822. It’s 2022. They stole my life story and they didn’t pay me. For Hulu executives, I’m just a black man they can sell at auction.” Despite all these words of Tyson, the series is expected to be released.
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