Mike Tyson to star in paramedic thriller Black Flies
Mike Tyson has joined the cast of the paramedic thriller 'Black Flies'. The former heavyweight world champion boxer will make a return to acting in the drama alongside Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan. The story is an adaptation of the novel by Shannon Burke and is set in the world of New York City paramedics and looks at the toll the job takes on their lives. It is being directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Sheridan will play a first-year medic who hits the streets of the Big Apple driving an ambulance with a grizzled veteran (played by Penn). The choices they make take them in opposite directions –...