Will Smith is making moves after the Oscars drama from this year’s event. The actor and producer is set to work with Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on a new sci-fi thriller film based on the novel Brilliance. Deadline reports that the four-time Emmy- and two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her narrative feature directorial […]
Will Smith to reunite with Akiva Goldsman for sci-fi Brilliance
THR is reporting that Will Smith is set to reunite with writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, I Am Legend) on the sci-fi feature Brilliance, which is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Based on Marcus Sakey’s novel of the same name, Brilliance takes place in a world where 1% of the population are born with […]
Akiva Goldsman to adapt Brilliance trilogy for the big screen
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) is set to write and produce adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling book trilogy Brilliance, Deadline has revealed. Brilliance takes place “in a future world where “brilliants” — the rare 1% born gifted with superior mental abilities — are carefully tracked by the government. Federal agent Nick Cooper, […]
