Tommy Lee Jones and Ice Cube Starring in ‘Outside Man’

(Left) Tommy Lee Jones, Oscar®-nominee for Actor in a Supporting Role, arrives for The Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA, February 24, 2013. Credit/Provider: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Ice Cube attends the LA Premiere of the Paramount Pictures title ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on January 19, 2017 in Hollywood, California.

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Tommy Lee Jones and Ice Cube will star in new drama ‘Outside Man’.
Brian Helgeland is writing and directing.
The film package is out to prospective studio buyers.

Here’s a combo we didn’t predict but could totally see working: Deadline reports that Tommy Lee Jones and Ice Cube are signed up to star in the new film from writer/director Brian Helgeland (‘L.A. Confidential’), called ‘Outside Man’.

Helgeland has a knack for compelling characters and crime stories, so hopefully something good will come of this collaboration. And it also marks a reunion for the filmmaker and Jones, who previously worked together on ‘Finestkind’.

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What’s the story of ‘Outside Man’?

Actor Tommy Lee Jones at the reception for the Foreign Language Film Award category for the 86th Oscars®, on Friday, February 28, 2014. The Oscars® will be presented on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood, CA and televised live by the ABC Television Network. Credit/Provider: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

The film follows a former Chicago mob enforcer (Cube), who after being released from prison, is a man intent on changing his life. Disappearing into rural Texas, he finds work under a skilled furniture craftsman and retired Texas Ranger Gus Wanamaker (Jones).

As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, that bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them.

When will ‘Outside Man’ be in theaters?

That’s a question right now –– the combination of Jones, Cube and Helgeland is currently in the process of being offered to studios and streamers to see who will pick it up. So stay tuned on that front.