Jamie Foxx And Teyonah Parris Joins John Boyega In ‘They Cloned Tyrone’

Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris will star alongside John Boyega in sci-fi mystery They Cloned Tyrone for Netflix and Marco.

Making his directorial debut, screenwriter Juel Taylor (Creed 2) will direct the screenplay he wrote with Tony Rettenmaier. The film will center on a series of eerie events that thrusts an unlikely trio (Boyega, Foxx, Parris) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.

Macro secured rights to They Cloned Tyrone in a bidding war, developed it and sold it to Netflix.

Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner are producing They Cloned Tyrone, along with Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King, Stephen “Dr.” Love, Taylor, Rettenmaier and Kim Roth. Executive producers are Macro’s Mark R. Wright and Jack Murray.

Foxx currently starred in Power Project, and just announced his new comedy series Dad Stop Embarrassing Me for Netflix. He will be seen next as the main character in Pixar’s upcoming film Soul. His recent credits also include Just Mercy, the 2018 Robin Hood and Baby Driver.

Parris stars alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Oscar winner Jordan Peele. Parris will also star as Monica Rambeau in Marvel Studios’ WandaVision for Disney+.

Foxx is repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham. Parris is repped by CAA and Fox Rothschild.