Los Angeles, Aug. 5 -- Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx has found his next major project with 'Deadlocked', a hostage action thriller that has landed at Amazon MGM Studios for worldwide distribution, Deadline reported.

Directed by filmmaker Nikhil Bhat, known for the Hindi-language action thriller Kill, the film will stream globally on Prime Video.

'Deadlocked' follows a grieving former Marine serving jury duty who is forced back into action when the trial of the century turns into a deadly hostage situation. The crisis begins when the defendant's daughter takes control of the courthouse in an attempt to free her father, Deadline reported.

The film is based on an original idea by Eric Scott Anderson (The Black Fox) and Matt Takej...