Jamie Foxx has been cast in director Noam Murro’s heist movie Blink. Foxx, whose most recent roles include Horrible Bosses 1 & 2, Annie and Django Unchained, will play a hospital caregiver whose patient is the victim of a bank robbery who it turns out has ulterior motives. Murro recently directed 300: Rise Of An Empire.
Blink was a 2014 Black List script by Hernany Perla. Production is expected to begin this fall with Atlas Entertainment’s William Green and Aaron Ginsburg producing and Atlas’ Jake Kurily serving as an executive producer. Highland Film Group is handling international sales at the the Cannes Film Festival.
Foxx is repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano. Murro is represented by CAA, Management 360 and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.