The series, tentatively called “Taking on Tyson,” delves into the little reported world of urban pigeon racing.
“I feel a great pride acting as an official representative for all the pigeon fancier’s out there,” Tyson said in the press release. “I want people to see why we love these birds. It feels good returning to the rooftops of the city where it all started for me – New York.”
Production house Touch Productions felt this would be a perfect fit for the former heavyweight, who raised pigeons since he was a child.
“Tyson’s passion for his pigeons takes my breath away,” Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet Media states. “For years, he has been inspired by these birds that he feels have the ‘biggest heart’ in the animal kingdom. Taking On Tyson peels back new layers of the remarkable persona and deep humanity of Mike Tyson while also showing us a whole world we never knew existed right on the rooftops of New York City.”
The series, which is created and produced in association with Tyson’s Tyrannic Productions, is set to start filming this spring in New York City and debut early 2011.
