"Coach Carter" director Thomas Carter is reteaming with Paramount Pictures on "Marcus Dixon," a feature film about the former Vanderbilt football recruit who was controversially imprisoned in a case that stirred up racial tensions and grabbed headlines. Carter will produce and direct.

Paramount has acquired life rights from Marcus Dixon, who was convicted of aggravated child molestation after having consensual sex with a fellow student who was three months shy of 16. Dixon, who was 18 at the time, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after -- his supporters argued -- a law passed to stop child molestation was wrongly used to convict him. Dixon was released after 15 months in prison.

Gina Robbins is the executive producer on the project, with Matt Jackson overseeing for the studio.

The story is familiar ground for Carter, whose most recent feature "Coach Carter" was based on the real-life story of a controversial black high school basketball coach who benched the undefeated team after they failed to make their academic grades. "Coach Carter" grossed $67.3 million at the domestic boxoffice.

Carter is repped by CAA. His credits include "Save the Last Dance."