Despite Mike Tyson’s long and fruitful televised boxing match history with HBO, the pay network is not interested in doing business with the once storied champion, for now.
Deadline is reporting that the Spike Lee directed pilot Da Brick, inspired by Tyson’s youth, was not greenlit to series. The drama pilot starred newcomer John Boyega and sought to explore what it means to be a young Black man in post-racial America. Tyson, Lee and Entourage creator Doug Ellin all served as executive producers on the ill-fated project.
