{"id":32581,"date":"2014-02-20T22:17:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T03:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=32581"},"modified":"2014-02-20T22:17:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T03:17:23","slug":"will-smith-in-talks-for-brilliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/20\/will-smith-in-talks-for-brilliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith In Talks For BRILLIANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WillSmithHeader2\"<\/a>Will Smith is in early talks for his next film appearance, the lead role in The Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures adaptation of the Marcus Sakey novel Brilliance<\/em>. Sakey’s novel tells the story of an alternate history in which some people, called “brilliants,” are born with extraordinary mental powers. Smith will star as a federal agent who is also a brilliant who is tasked with hunting down another brilliant, a terrorist intent on fomenting a civil war.<\/p>\n

David Koepp is scripting the adaptation with Julius Onah set to direct.<\/p>\n

It wouldn’t be surprising if the studio is looking at turning this into a franchise for Smith. It certainly feels high concept enough to do so and the novel is the first in a planned literary trilogy. And if Smith is enthusiastic about this project’s franchise potential, I can see how that enthusiasm may have influenced his recent decision not to participate in Independence Day 2<\/strong>, a film that would probably be more limiting in terms of future work than Brilliance<\/strong> and a franchise could provide.<\/p>\n

Via The Wrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The actor is looking at the project to potential launch a new franchise.<\/div>\n

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