55 years old, 35 films, 1 Oscar: will this ultra-cool actor soon be back in the cinema? – Cinema News

The unfortunate episode of the slap to Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars now seems distant. Will Smith, 55, has managed to bounce back, notably thanks to the success of Bad Boys Ride or Die, which brought in $400 million at the global box office. What are the actor's plans after this great success?

Will Smith is a legend

After reprising his role as Miami supercop Mike Lowrey, the actor has a few interesting projects in the pipeline. First, we know that I Am Legend 2 is in the works and that Will Smith will star opposite Michael B. Jordan.

“We're still working on the script and crafting it. There's no release date or anything like that. I don't know exactly where we're going to shoot this movie, but I'm really looking forward to getting in front of the camera with Will Smith.”Michael B. Jordan told the microphone of People Magazine.

Resistor

Will Smith will then continue in the science fiction genre with the Resistor project. He will be the headliner of this film adapted from the novel Influx by Daniel Suarez, published in 2014. The story follows Jon Grady, a physicist whose team manages to create a device capable of reflecting gravity. Their research will revolutionize the field of physics.

Grady expects his entire team to be cheered on, but instead his lab is locked down by a secret organization whose mission is to prevent the social upheaval caused by sudden technological advances at all costs. This Technology Control Bureau uses the advanced technologies it has collected over the decades to fulfill its mission.

Sugar Bandits

Stefano Sollima, creator of the series Gomorrah and director of Suburra, Sicario 2 or ACAB, will soon direct Will Smith in the thriller Sugar Bandits. The actor will slip into the uniform of a former special forces soldier.

The latter joins an elite squad of vigilantes aiming to eliminate the drug trade in Boston. He will quickly learn that things are not what they seem. The screenplay for Sugar Bandits was written by Chuck Hogan, loosely based on his novel published in 2010: The Devils in Exile.

The Council

Will Smith has also been announced as a part of Peter Landesman's biopic The Council. The feature film will focus on the life of Leroy Nicholas “Nicky” Barnes. Born in 1933, he was a crime lord in the 1970s.

Along with other African-American men, he led an organization that controlled the heroin trade in Harlem, “The Council.” Escaping numerous arrests, he earned the nickname “Mr. Untouchable.” He died in 2012, but his death was not disclosed until June 2019.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The Philadelphia native is also set to deliver a comedy, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. This is a remake of the 1987 film A Ticket for Two, which starred Steve Martin and John Candy. This time, the duo would be Will Smith and Kevin Hart.

The story introduces us to Neal Page; his only desire is to get home in time to celebrate Thanksgiving. But his plane is canceled due to bad weather, so he has to resort to other means of transportation. Which wouldn't be a problem in itself, if he didn't also have to put up with the company of Del Griffith, a talkative traveling salesman who won't let him go…