Jamie Foxx is an idiot.

Pop quiz hot shot... What do you do after just coming off an amazing year in which you were nominated for two Academy Awards - One for your amazing performance as Ray Charles and the other for a great supporting performance in Collateral... You go out and sign yourself up for the biggest big-budget bag of shit you can find. Is there really any way Jamie Foxx could have been sitting in on this pitch and actually thought - "Yes, what a great concept... This is definitely going to be great for my career. What was that you said? - You guys got the director of XXX onboard? That's it, I'm sold..."