Jamie Foxx is set to both produce and star in “The Burial” at Amazon Studios. “Novitiate” director Maggie Betts has signed on to direct from a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright.
The story is based on a New Yorker article from 1999 which centers on the legal battle over a funeral home chain during the 1990s.
A contractual dispute case brought against funeral home executive Ray Loewen by Mississippi businessman Jeremiah O’Keefe, who hired the flamboyant attorney Willie Gary. The jury ultimately awarded O’Keefe a total of $500 million – bankrupting Loewen’s company.
Bobby Shriver, Adam Richman, Jenette Kahn and Datari Turner produce.
Source: Variety
