‘Bad Boys: Ride or die’ has been the acid test for the actor, and he has passed it with flying colors. From here on, the world is at your feet again.
Since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, the entire industry was abuzz with one question: Is the public willing to forgive him? Did you really care about the attack or are you willing to pay for a good film by the actor? The litmus test, which has passed with flying colors, has been ‘Bad Boys: Ride or die’, which has recovered plenty of money in a year where no one has had it easy. And now that?
Suddenly and slap
After proving that he is still a star who can be successful at the box office, Sony wants to continue collaborating, yes or yes, with Smith: They have seen the goose that lays the golden eggs and have obviously decided to grab it. Thus, the actor has already announced that will star in and produce ‘Resistor’a science-fiction film based on the book ‘Influx’, by Daniel Suárez.
The novel is about a dystopian future in which the government hides and controls all technological improvements, which can only be used by a few of the elite. In this environment, a physicist discovers a device that can modify gravity and refuses to share it with the bosses, so they put him in a high-tech hellish prison full of inventors, geniuses and rebels. We will have to see if the thing also works in cinema.
At the moment There is no director, but there are scriptwriters: The first version was written by Zak Olkewicz (‘Bullet Train’, ‘Horror Street Part 2’) and the final touches were given by Eric Singer (‘Top Gun Maverick’, ‘American Hustle’). For his part, Smith is preparing a good handful of projects for the coming years, such as ‘I Am Legend 2’ or the remake of ‘Better Alone Than in Bad Accompany’. Will it continue to have the public’s favor without a powerful franchise behind it? We will have to see it.
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