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Spike Lee to Direct Mike Tyson Broadway Play

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22: Filmmaker Spike Lee attends the T-Mobile Presents Google Music at TAO, a nightlife event at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for T-Mobile)
PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22: Filmmaker Spike Lee attends the T-Mobile Presents Google Music at TAO, a nightlife event at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for T-Mobile) Photo: Neilson Barnard/2012 Getty Images

According to TMZ, Spike Lee is in final talks to direct Mike Tyson’s one-man play, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, which is searching for a Broadway berth this summer after completing a one-week run in Las Vegas. Toss in Debra Messing and a passel of scarves and we’ve got “Smash, season two,” right? (The battle between Tyson and Kat McPhee to play Tyson should be a nail-biter.)

Spike Lee to Direct Mike Tyson Broadway Play