Laurence Fishburne Joins Drug Thriller

The last time we saw him, he was locked in a police station under siege by corrupt cops. Since then, he's been making a film about competitive spelling, Akeelah and the Bee. Now he's signed on for a new thriller, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, starring and produced by Paul Walker. Walker's character is Tim Kearney, an ex-Marine and first-rate loser facing a long jail term and a gang of imprisoned Hell's Angels out to kill him. A DEA agent called Tad Gruzsa (Fishburne) gives him a choice