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Netflix casts Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt for superhero movie

It is hinted that their characters in the sci-fi movie will have superpowers


Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are teaming up for Netflix's super secret sci-fi movie.

22 Sep – Netflix is making another movie but details are still scarce, it is only known that two big stars will be leading the movie.

Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be co-starring in it, as revealed on Netflix's Twitter account.

While the post didn't divulge further details, it did mention that it was a sci-fi movie and "there will be superpowers".

So it is assumed that the two actors will be portraying superheroes in the movie.

The title of the movie was not revealed. However, Deadline is reporting that the super secret movie will be helmed by directing duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Nerve") from a script by Mattson Tomlin.

Foxx was last seen in 2017's "Sleepless" and "Baby Driver" and is currently busy filming the Destin Cretton-helmed "Just Mercy" alongside Michael B. Jordan and Brie Larson.


The 50-year-old will be seen next in "Robin Hood", which stars Taron Egerton as the titular lead.

Gordon-Levitt, meanwhile, last led "Snowden" in 2016 and made a cameo in last year's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". The 37-year-old is currently filming German-American plane hijack movie "7500", in which he stars as pilot Tobias Ellis.