SHORT TAKES : Buster Douglas Signs Film Deal

World heavyweight champion James (Buster) Douglas, who dethroned Mike Tyson in a fight that rocked the boxing world in February, is going to be a movie star.

Douglas and junior welterweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez have been signed to make their acting debuts in ION Pictures’ “The Honored Society.” The champions will play boxers oppressed by unscrupulous promoters, a spokesman for ION Pictures said.

Danny Aiello, an Oscar nominee for “Do the Right Thing” and a former boxer, will direct their boxing sequences and coach the fighters on their acting.