Jamie Foxx is after that little, shiny gold statue again. The actor is returning to the musical biopic genre that won him an Oscar.

He will play a brilliant but mentally troubled musician in a movie based on the true-life friendship between Skid Row prodigy Nathaniel Anthony Ayers and Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez.

According to reports, Foxx has signed on to "The Soloist," a musical biopic that Joe Wright ("Pride and Prejudice") will direct at DreamWorks.

The story centers on a homeless musician with schizophrenia who dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Susannah Grant ("Erin Brockovich") adapted the screenplay.

Lopez's 12-part series articles, "From Skid Row to Disney Hall," were published in 2005 and will serve as the basis for an upcoming book by Putnam.

Now that's a role I wouldn't mind watching Wanda in. Last year when rumors spread that he would depict Bob Marley on the big screen I was left floored. I don't know about you but the image of Jamie rocking a dreadlock lace front (think Mekhi Phifer in '8 Mile') didn't sit well with me.

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