Will Smith will allegedly make his film comeback with a sequel to I Am Legend, in keeping with studies.
The Oscar-winning actor, 53, is alleged to be self-producing the follow-up to the 2007 post-apocalyptic thriller within the wake of his 10-year ban from the Academy following his confrontation with Chris Rock at this yr’s Academy Awards.
The film is about to be produced by Smith’s personal manufacturing firm, Westbrook Media, and can see Smith reprise his function as virologist Robert Neville.
The unique movie, based mostly on Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel of the identical identify, noticed Smith seem alongside Emma Thompson and daughter Willow.
Smith performed scientist Neville, who's one in every of humanity’s final remaining survivors when a lethal mutant virus infects 99% of the Earth’s inhabitants.
‘The script is being written mentioning his character and as of but, Will stays hooked up to the mission,’ an inside supply informed The Solar.
‘The idea remains to be to be signed off by Warner Brothers, however there was no indication that Will is off the mission.’
Smith acquired the Oscar for greatest actor earlier this yr after starring as Richard Williams, father to tennis stars Venus and Serena, in King Richard.
However the ceremony was marred by controversy when Smith entered the stage to bodily confront host and comic Rock, after the latter made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada’s alopecia.
The I Am Legend information comes after it emerged that Rock is ‘ignoring’ Pinkett-Smith’s enchantment for he and Smith to reconcile after the Oscars slap.
In line with ET, Rock is ‘not involved with the Smiths for the time being’ and is ‘busy touring and making ready for a comedy particular’.
Smith remains to be hooked up as an government producer to Peacock collection Bel-Air, the 2022 dramatic remake of sitcom The Recent Prince of Bel-Air.
And he's slated to star within the upcoming Antoine Fuqua historic drama Emancipation, a movie he's additionally slated to be producing.
‘The adverse sentiments from the general public about his profession have actually decreased in latest weeks,’ the insider mentioned.
‘The world has moved on due to tales just like the Johnny Depp & Amber Heard trial. Will himself is present process remedy and taking time away from the limelight.’
After studies that manufacturing had been halted on Unhealthy Boys 4 after the incident on the Oscars, Sony movie government Tom Rothman dismissed them.
‘That film’s been in improvement and nonetheless is,’ he informed a panel at CinemaCon again in April 2022.
‘[The Oscars incident] was a really unlucky factor… That was an instance of an excellent particular person having a really unhealthy second in entrance of the world.’
‘I imagine his apology and remorse is real, and I imagine in forgiveness and redemption.’
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