Tommy Lee Jones teams up with Jamie Foxx in the courtroom for their new movie together.
On Thursday, Prime Video released the first trailer for its upcoming film Buriala legal drama-comedy featuring Jones, 76, as a funeral home owner named Jeremiah who hires Foxx’s attorney Willie E. Gary to win a case against a large corporation.
“When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Jones) hires charismatic, suave attorney Willie E. Gary (Foxx) to save his family business,” reads the film’s official synopsis.
“Tempers flare and the laughs come as the couple’s improbable relationship unravels corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspiring, triumphant tale,” the synopsis adds.
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Foxx and Jones’ film follows the real-life story of Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe’s lawsuit against the Loewen Group, a Canadian funeral company, as documented by The The New Yorker in Jonathan Harr’s 1999 article of the same name.
Before the SAG-AFTRA strike began in July, the two actors spoke with PEOPLE about what it was like working together on the film.
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Jamie Foxx as Willie Gary in ‘The Burial’.
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“It was fun working with Jamie,” Jones, 76, told PEOPLE. “He’s fun to be around, and he’s been very energetic every day. We’ve had a lot of laughs, and we’ve also done pretty good work.”
“When the stars line up and some people step into the role, it usually turns out really, really well,” Foxx, 55, added, praising Jones’ performance. “He’s so special for that role.”
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Tommy Lee Jones as Jeremiah O’Keefe and Pamela Reed as Annette O’Keefe in ‘The Burial’.
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Burial was directed by director Maggie Betts, who collaborated with screenwriter Doug Wright on the script of the film. Betts recently told PEOPLE that “it was clear to her from the beginning” that Jamie would absolutely devour the role of Willie Gary.
Burial will have its world premiere on September 11 at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film will then be released in select theaters on October 6th before opening globally on Prime Video on October 13th.
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