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Jodie Foster sweet on 'Sugar Kings'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-28 09:26

JODIE FOSTER is returning to the director’s chair for the first time in 10 years with “Sugar Kings,� a drama in which she may also star.

The Universal Pictures project 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.

It is based on the Vanity Fair article “In the Kingdom of Big Sugar� by Marie Brenner, and the script is being written by Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz.

The last time Foster directed a film was 1995’s “Home for the Holidays.� She made her feature directing debut in 1991 with “Little Man Tate.�

Foster was last on screen in 2004’s French-language “A Very Long Engagement.� She returns to theaters in September with the Disney thriller “Flightplan.�

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