Mike Tyson Hulu limited series preview for Mike drops … featuring THAT infamous ear bite

Hulu on Wednesday launched a preview for the upcoming limited series Mike, which chronicles the life story of boxer Mike Tyson.

Trevante Rhodes performs Tyson within the eight-episode series, which additionally options Russell Hornsby as Don King, Harvey Keitel as Cus D’Amato and Laura Harrier as Robin Givens.

The preview, set to the music I’ve Gotta Be Me, contains a montage of clips documenting Tyson’s rise as a boxer to his pinnacle of fame and fortune, his jail stint in his 1992 rape conviction and the 1997 incident wherein he bit the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield.

A teaser within the preview reads, ‘You know Tyson, however are you aware Mike?’

Showrunner Karin Gist instructed Entertainment Weekly that the series ‘will not be meant to glorify his life’ however quite ‘dig deeper’ into the lifetime of the athlete ‘that everybody thinks they know.

‘We have been by no means attempting to say that Mike Tyson is a hero or Mike Tyson is a villain. Our purpose was to take a really difficult and controversial determine and attempt to get below the hood of what he was praised and vilified for whereas staying true to our North Star of ”nobody individual is one factor.”’

Gist instructed the outlet that ‘the present will not be speculated to be a love letter or an indictment, which is why we needed to embody all the great, the dangerous, and the complexities of each,’ and that the up to date cultural environment permits for a candid seems to be into all points of Tyson’s life.

‘Fortunately, as a world society, we’re all speaking increasingly more about issues that have been as soon as taboo or solely whispered about amongst mates – rape, sexual assault, consent to call just a few,’ Gist stated. ‘Putting tales like this within the highlight and pulling them out of the shadows is essential to transferring ahead and getting the dialog to the subsequent degree.

‘The purpose was to not shrink back from the scary or uncomfortable components of the story simply because they’re scary and uncomfortable.’

Creator Steven Rogers described Tyson’s life story to the outlet as ‘so compelling, contradictory, and complicated,’ and ‘a cautionary story of the American Dream.’

Rogers stated in Tyson’s life, ‘You can discover the roots of plenty of points we’re grappling with at this time like #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, jail reform, psychological well being points in it.’

Gist stated that the series will depict ‘all sides of [Tyson’s] life and the lives of the individuals round him,’ including, ‘No one is only one factor,’ and ‘there’s extra behind a sound bite or a headline or gossip.’

Gist stated that in making the series, ‘We needed individuals to see Mike’s personal culpability in his life and society’s culpability as effectively’ and ‘to let our viewers resolve what they assume and really feel.’

Tyson in February condemned the upcoming series after it was introduced in a press release on Instagram.

‘Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story with out compensation, though unlucky, isn’t stunning,’ he stated. ‘This announcement on the heels of social disparities in our nation is a first-rate instance of how Hulu’s company greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of the Tyson life story.’

Hulu stated in a press release that the series ‘explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved world athlete to a pariah and again once more.

‘Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the ability of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and in the end our personal function in shaping Mike’s story.’

Mike is slated to premiere on Hulu August 25.