Source: Hollywood Reporter

Jamie Foxx and his manager Jaime Rucker King have seen THE POWER OF DUFF and are coming aboard the project as producers, joining Marc Platt, who already has been developing the feature film via his Marc Platt Prods, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Foxx and King will help develop the drama, which Foxx is eyeing as a possible starring vehicle.

THE POWER OF DUFF has been a hot property at Universal, which won the script in a bidding war last year. The script attracted Russell Crowe and Ron Howard at one point as well as Tom Hanks.

Written by Stephen Belber, THE POWER OF DUFF follows a Rochester, N.Y., TV news anchor who after the death of his father begins praying aloud for things to happen while reading the evening news. When his prayers start coming true, it ignites controversy about whether he's a prophet, a pundit or a charlatan.