With a title like Black Phantom, you might expect Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart are trying to rebalance the largely white world of superhero movies – especially with Fantastic Four helmer Tim Story attached to helm – but it’s actually a comedy thriller, according to Variety.
The film follows a double-crossed mob hitman who enlists the help of the Black Phantom, the same African-American hitman who had been sent to kill him.’ It’s not clear which of those character Foxx and and Hart will play.
The film will reunite Hart and Story, who are just coming off the success of Ride Along. It’s not clear when it will shoot.