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Jodie Foster to direct "Sugar Kings"
POSTED ON 07/26/05 AT 2:30 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jodie Foster will direct "Sugar Kings" for Universal Pictures. The feature also is being developed as a possible starring vehicle for Foster.

The movie is based on a Vanity Fair article In the Kingdom of Big Sugar" by Marie Brenner. The story centers on a female lawyer, fresh out of law school, who teams with a veteran public-interest attorney to take on a powerful sugar baron on behalf of exploited migrant workers. Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz adapted the screenplay.