Jamie Foxx Will Be Dramatic, Oscar-Worthy in 'Zebra Murders'
October 25, 2007 Comments
Always eager to show what a serious, Oscar-worthy actor he is, Jamie Foxx has signed on to star in The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness, and Civil Rights, a name that just screams serious Oscar-worthiness. Variety has the details:
Based on the 2006 book by Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen, the story chronicles the series of racially motivated serial killings -- black on white -- that took place in San Francisco in 1973 and 1974. Jamie Foxx will play Sanders, who was one of two black police detectives who led the team that cracked the case. Amid their investigation, Sanders and his partner fought harassment within the police department and organized a union of minority policemen who brought a lawsuit against the city for discrimination, which they ultimately won. Sanders went on to become chief of police.
I hope he follows this up with playing a sassy zebra in a cute CGI movie, then a song with Kanye West about zebras representing racial strife, because, man, and let me be the first to say it, this guy can do it all, and all while looking not at all like a poser or mildly retarded. Am I right?
Jamie Foxx set for 'Zebra Murders' [Variety]