Jamie Foxx to Lead 'Kingdom'

(andPOP) - Academy award winner Jamie Foxx will star in Universal Pictures' "The Kingdom," a political thriller being directed by Peter Berg, reports Billboard.

The movie is based on an original idea by Berg and producer Michael Mann, and will revolve around an elite team of counter-terrorism investigators trying find those responsible for a deadly bombing attack on American workers in the Middle East.

Led by Foxx?s character, the team enters the previously off-limits desert kingdom and engage a local police officer to help in their investigation. Along the way, they clash with bureaucracy and tradition, and find their lives threatened.

The film is tentatively slated for a May production start.

Earlier this year, Foxx won the best actor Oscar for his role in Universal Pictures' "Ray."

The actor, who can currently be seen in "Jarhead," has several other acting projects in the works. He plays Tubbs in the big-screen adaptation of "Miami Vice," which Mann is directing, and will shoot DreamWorks Pictures' "Dreamgirls" alongside Beyonc? Knowles and Eddie Murphy this month.

Foxx is also busy with his music career, with a Dec. 20 release date for ?Unpredictable,? his new studio album from J Records.