Jamie Foxx to Become a Citizen

The trades are reporting that Jamie Foxx is in final negotiations to star opposite Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen, a psychological thriller that Frank Darabont (The Mist, Shawshank Redemption) is directing for the Film Department.

Written by Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet, Street Kings) and Darabont, the script follows a successful assistant D.A. (Butler) who finds himself at the center of a vigilante plot hatched by a traumatized victim of the legal system (Foxx).

Foxx’s character is devastated to learn that, because of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter’s murderers will be set free. So he unleashes revenge on the killers and those who made the deal.

Butler and his Evil Twin shingle partner Alan Siegel are producing along with Warp Films’ Lucas Foster. Film Department’s Mark Gill also is producing.

Catherine Zeta Jones has also been rumored to be involved with the film.