Jamie Foxx says Australia may become more than a temporary production stop. While attending the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, Foxx said he intends to find a home in the country, linking the plan to both his relationship with Australian girlfriend Alyce Huckstepp and his current film work in Victoria.
“Of course, I’m moving. I’ma find a place,” Foxx said while appearing in the Don Julio Hacienda marquee. It is a straightforward statement of intent, but it does not establish a timetable, location, purchase, or permanent residency arrangement. What is clear is that Foxx is presently spending meaningful time in Australia for overlapping personal and professional reasons.
Huckstepp is from Queensland, and Foxx said he had arranged a family surprise for her during the trip. “My girl is from Australia, and I’m bringing her whole family here as a surprise,” he said. By describing Huckstepp as his girlfriend at the event, Foxx also publicly indicated that the pair are together.
A personal connection alongside a working stay
Foxx and Huckstepp were first publicly linked in August 2023 after joining a group at Nobu in Malibu. Reporting in January 2025 said the couple had split after dating for roughly a year and a half. They subsequently reunited, and Foxx’s comments in Melbourne provide the clearest detail in this material about their present status.
There has also been speculation about whether the pair may expand their family. Pregnancy claims were reported in May, but neither Foxx, Huckstepp, nor their representatives had publicly confirmed them at that time. That distinction matters: the claims remain unconfirmed, and the available information does not provide a basis to treat them as established fact.
The practical significance of Foxx’s housing comment is less about a confirmed relocation plan than about where his current life is centered. Australia is the home country of his partner, and Victoria is the setting for an active production featuring Foxx in front of and behind the camera. A future home there could make longer stays more convenient, but Foxx has not publicly detailed how frequently he expects to live in Australia or where he will be based.
‘Deadlocked’ brings Foxx to Victoria
Foxx is in Victoria to film Deadlocked, an action thriller for Amazon MGM Studios. Nikhil Bhat is directing the film, which places Foxx in the role of a former Marine dealing with grief while serving on a jury. The story’s central crisis begins when the daughter of a defendant takes over the courthouse in an effort to free her father. Foxx’s character is then compelled to act during the takeover.
In genre terms, the premise positions the film as a contained-pressure thriller: a story built around a restricted setting, an immediate threat, and a protagonist whose past equips him for a dangerous situation. The courthouse and jury-duty premise are important because they make Foxx’s character initially an ordinary participant in a civic process, rather than someone who enters the scenario as a formally assigned rescuer. His former-Marine background supplies the action foundation once the situation escalates.
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The production is using Melbourne’s central business district, Docklands, and Port Melbourne to recreate New York. That is a notable filmmaking choice because the locations are serving a setting other than themselves. For audiences, the intended New York backdrop may mean Melbourne’s role is largely invisible in the finished film. For the production, however, the Victorian shoot makes the city a major part of the movie’s physical creation.
Sasha Calle, KiKi Layne, and Luke Hemsworth are also part of the cast. Foxx is producing through Foxxhole Productions, while his daughter Corinne Foxx is an executive producer. An executive producer credit can encompass a range of responsibilities depending on a project; the supplied production information establishes Corinne Foxx’s credited role, but does not specify her day-to-day duties on this film.
Foxx’s dual involvement as performer and producer means Deadlocked is not simply a location shoot on his schedule. He is attached creatively and commercially through Foxxhole Productions, while a member of his family is part of the production team. That context helps explain why a work stay in Melbourne could align naturally with broader personal plans rather than operate as a brief, isolated assignment.
What Foxx has—and has not—confirmed
Foxx has said he plans to find a place in Australia. He has identified Huckstepp as his girlfriend. He is filming Deadlocked in Victoria. Those are the confirmed elements presented here.
Several details remain unknown. Foxx did not identify a city or region where he hopes to find a home. He did not state whether he plans to buy, rent, or divide his time between Australia and elsewhere. He did not give a move date, and there is no information indicating that a property transaction has already taken place. Calling the development a completed move would therefore go beyond what has been said.
The relationship context likewise deserves careful framing. The couple’s earlier separation was reported in January 2025, while Foxx’s Melbourne comments show that they later reunited. The unconfirmed pregnancy reporting should not be folded into a narrative as though it were a verified announcement. The available record supports a renewed relationship and a planned Australian home search; it does not support further conclusions.
Why the Melbourne setting matters
The Melbourne Cup appearance brought Foxx’s personal and professional Australian connections into the same public moment. He was at Flemington Racecourse, discussing a surprise involving Huckstepp’s relatives, while his current screen project is using locations across Melbourne. The result is a more concrete picture than a celebrity passing through for a single event: Foxx is in the country for a production with an active local footprint and is also engaging with his partner’s family connection.
That does not mean the actor has announced a permanent departure from the United States. It means he has articulated an intention to establish a home in Australia. The difference is more than semantic. A plan to find a place communicates a direction; a completed move would require the details Foxx has not supplied.
For film followers, the immediate takeaway is that the Australian shoot is central to the present moment. Deadlocked has a premise designed around a courthouse takeover, a cast that includes Calle, Layne, and Hemsworth, and a Victoria-based shoot transforming parts of Melbourne into New York. For pop-culture readers, the personal story runs alongside it: Foxx says he and Huckstepp are together, and he sees a future that includes a home in her country.
Australia has become a shared point on those two tracks. Whether that develops into a long-term base, a part-time residence, or simply a place Foxx returns to while working and visiting family remains to be seen. For now, the most accurate description is the one Foxx gave himself: he plans to find a place.
For another recent film-industry development involving an international action project, see the North American deal for Park Hoon-jung’s Tristes Tropiques.
