Academy-Award winner Jamie Foxx has been cast to play the comic book hero 'Spawn' in a new live action film. In the movie, Foxx will play Al Simmons, a former black ops agent who makes a deal with the devil after he?s betrayed and killed by a fellow agent. Simmons is then brought back to the living world as a terrifying, powerful creature. Todd McFarlane, who created 'Spawn' has already penned the script for the film and will make it his directorial debut.