Jamie Foxx and his producing partner, Datari Turner, have signed a feature film producing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The first project in development that Foxx and Turner are producing for the studio under their new deal is an untitled action thriller written by Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, which Jamie Foxx is expected to star in.
Sanford Panitch, president of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, said in a statement: “Jamie is wildly creative, funny and brilliant, he walks the walk, he talks the talk and we are so proud to be in this partnership with Jamie and Datari,
“We already have a few projects secretly going and this is only the beginning.”
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Foxx and Teyonah Parris recently joined John Boyega in the sci-fi mystery “They Cloned Tyrone” for Netflix and Macro. Foxx won an acting Oscar for “Ray” and was nominated in the supporting category for “Collateral.”
He will be starring in and producing the Netflix comedy series titled “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me”, which is based on his relationship with his daughter Corinne. David Alan Grier, Kyla-Drew, Porscha Coleman, and Jonathan Kite will also be staring in the show.