December 14, 2005
JAMIE FOXX will produce, and is attached to star in, Paramount Pictures' adaptation of the JEFF STETSON novel Blood on the Leaves, per Daily Variety. The Oscar-winning actor would play a district attorney who grapples with feelings of revenge while prosecuting a black history professor on trial for the murders of white men accused of crimes against blacks during the civil rights movement. Foxx, who can currently be seen in 'Jarhead' with JAKE GYLLENHAAL, just finished shooting 'Miami Vice' opposite COLIN FARRELL.
JAMIE FOXX will produce, and is attached to star in, Paramount Pictures' adaptation of the JEFF STETSON novel Blood on the Leaves, per Daily Variety. The Oscar-winning actor would play a district attorney who grapples with feelings of revenge while prosecuting a black history professor on trial for the murders of white men accused of crimes against blacks during the civil rights movement. Foxx, who can currently be seen in 'Jarhead' with JAKE GYLLENHAAL, just finished shooting 'Miami Vice' opposite COLIN FARRELL.