Academy Award winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen bring their famously wicked sense of humor to this every day tale about a moral man who sees the world inexplicably turn agains him in this darkest of comedies.

The Soloist is based on a series of articles published in 2005 by Los Angeles Times columnist, Steve Lopez, about real-life musical prodigy, Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx). The story centres on Ayers who, as a music student at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, developed schizophrenia and subsequently ended up homeless on the streets of Los Angeles, playing his violin and cello to passers-by. The Soloist is a Working Title co-production with DreamWorks Pictures.