Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx is set to produce and star in Amazon’s The Burial with Maggie Betts on board to direct, in this two-handed drama where Foxx will star opposite a legendary role currently being casted.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright penned the screenplay.Amazon Studios, Bobby Shriver Inc. and Double Nickel Entertainment are producing the upcoming off-kilter drama that’s based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr.
Producers are Bobby Shriver and Double Nickel Entertainment’s Adam Richman & Jenette Kahn.Based on a true story, after a bankrupt funeral home owner decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, the owner hires a flamboyant attorney to handle the.
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