Djimon HounsouDjimon Hounsou is to star in the urban drama
The Trunk, according to Variety.
Directed by Sylvain White and written by Joseph A. Elmore Jr., the story of an inner-city musical prodigy on the verge of breaking out of his harsh existence who discovers that some of his closest friends will do anything to keep him down.
Also cast in the pic, which will begin shooting later this year in San Francisco, are Brian White, Boris Kodjoe and Thomas Krestchmann.