Sony eyes Mike Tyson documentary

May 23, 2008 Sony Pictures Classics is in final negotiations for James Toback's boxing documentary "Tyson," which chronicles the illustrious but often troubled life of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Toback's passion project takes a mostly sympathetic look at the sports legend, interspersing archival footage with a series of interviews Toback conducted. The director was determined to leave Cannes with a deal, he said, in order to showcase the film in the early fall festival circuit before a release timed around the November elections.

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