{"id":6080,"date":"2009-11-11T07:41:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T12:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:17:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:17:19","slug":"smith-sniffing-around-flowers-for-algernon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/11\/smith-sniffing-around-flowers-for-algernon\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith Sniffing Around FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FlowersForAlgernon\"<\/a>Will Smith continues his quest to move from box office popularity to critical and award-winning respectability. This time he is reportedly<\/a> considering starring in a new adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ classic novel Flowers For Algernon<\/em>. The book, a staple of junior high and high school required reading lists for years, tells the story of a mentally retarded man who is used as a test subject for an experimentally procedure to increase his intelligence. Although initially a success, the treatment begins to wear off and the man must face the horror of losing his his new found life. A previously film version directed by Ralph Nelson netted star Cliff Robertson an Academy Award in 1969.<\/p>\n

Although Smith has been nominated for Academy Awards twice before for Ali<\/strong> and The Pursuit Of Happyness<\/strong> but has not won a coveted statuette.\u00a0 He also made a blantant Oscar grab with Seven Pounds<\/strong>, easily the most morally reprehensible film of last year.<\/p>\n

Of course, this project could never come to fruition. Smith currently has over two dozen projects in development according to his IMDb<\/a> entry and only a small number of them will actually ever reach the big screen. I wouldn’t waste too much sleep that this will be one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will Smith continues his quest to move from box office popularity to critical and award-winning respectability. This time he is reportedly considering starring in a new adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ classic novel Flowers For Algernon. [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[60,2187,22,563],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-book-to-film","9":"tag-flowers-for-algernon","10":"tag-in-development","11":"tag-will-smith"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t