00:00Will Smith is lining up his next big movie role.
00:05The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the Oscar-winning actor is in talks to star in Resistor for Sony Pictures.
00:11The project is an adaptation of the novel Influx.
00:14Todd Black is among the film's producers.
00:16Smith and Black have previously collaborated on Sony Films' Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happiness, and Emancipation.
00:23A director is not yet attached.
00:26This news comes following the success of Bad Boys Ride or Die, starring Smith and Martin Lawrence.
00:37The Sony film debuted on top of the box office chart and has now surpassed $100 million domestically after 10 days of release.
00:48The movie pushed the Bad Boys franchise past the $1 billion earning mark at the global box office.
00:53Smith shared this photo on Instagram and wrote,
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