Jamie Foxx has been in business with Netflix for sometime now, as he’s starred in several of the streamer’s films and has even produced a comedy special for the company, too. Well, following the success of Back in Action, which hit No. 1 on the platform earlier this year, Foxx has set his next collaboration with the brand. The Oscar winner is set to headline a sports biopic that sounds both tragic and inspirational. Needless to say, after reading the premise for this film, I’m already in my feelings about it.
Cameras are now rolling on the sports drama Fight for ‘84, which is currently in production in New Jersey. According to Deadline, the Jamie Foxx-fronted flick is set in the aftermath of a plane crash that kills the U.S. Olympic Team in 1980. A new coach is then brought in to help reform the squad and, eventually, that group goes on to have a record-setting run at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Now, if that story doesn’t at least make a person a little bit misty-eyed, then I honestly don’t know what will.
