The film is based on a true story.
Tommy Lee Jones is set to replace Harrison Ford inAccording to Deadline’s report, Tommy will now star alongside Jamie Foxx in the lead role which was going to be filled by Harrison, with Maggie Betts set to direct.
The Burial screenplay has been written by Doug Wright, with Amazon Studios, Bobby Shriver Inc. and Double Nickel Entertainment producing the upcoming drama based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr with Jamie. The Burial is based on the true story of a bankrupt funeral home owner who hires a flamboyant attorney to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong.
The 1999 article charted the contractual dispute brought against funeral home executive Ray Loewen by Mississippi businessman Jeremiah O’Keefe, who was awarded a total of $500million by the jury, which would bankrupt the former’s company. The reason for Harrison, 79, dropping out of the project has yet to be revealed but the actor is currently in the middle of filming for the fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise.