Jamie Foxx Stars in Amazon MGM's 'Deadlocked'
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- Jamie Foxx has been set to star in Deadlocked, an action thriller that landed at Amazon MGM Studios for worldwide distribution, directed by Indian filmmaker Nikhil Bhat (Kill).
- Deadlocked follows a grieving former Marine serving jury duty who is forced back into action when the trial of the century turns into a deadly hostage situation, as the defendant's daughter seizes the courthouse to free her father.
- The script was written by Eric Scot Anderson (The Black Fox) and Matt Takejiro Bosack (NCIS: Hawai'i) based on their original idea, with the film set to stream globally on Prime Video.
- Producers include Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range and Dave Caplan for C2 — companies that previously collaborated on Longlegs and The Monkey — with Foxx producing through Foxxhole Productions; Bourscheid, Liz Destro, Paul Currie, and Corinne Foxx executive produce.
- Foxx's recent track record includes Back in Action (2025), which scored Netflix's biggest English-language movie debut since 2022 with 46.8 million views in its first weekend; he next returns to Netflix with Olympic boxing drama Fight for '84.
- Director Bhat's breakout Kill sold to Lionsgate in a mid-seven-figure deal after premiering at TIFF and had a wide theatrical release in 2024; he subsequently directed survival thriller Apurva for Disney+/Hotstar.
Why it matters: For Amazon MGM, attaching Jamie Foxx — whose Back in Action drew 46.8 million Netflix views in its opening weekend — strengthens its Prime Video action slate against Netflix and Apple. Pairing a Hollywood A-lister with Nikhil Bhat, whose Hindi-language Kill earned a wide U.S. theatrical run, signals Amazon's appetite for cross-border directorial talent on tentpole-scale projects.
