• Will Smith is teaming up with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to star in her directorial debut.
• He will also produce the movie based on the novel of the same name by Marcus Sakey.
• The actor has not agreed for the movie despite it being a major career comeback project.

Will Smith is apparently considering an acting comeback with a “passion project,” six months after the headline-grabbing Oscar slap.

According to a report by Deadline, the actor from King Richard will collaborate with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to star in her feature film debut, Brilliance.

Together with the director Akiva Goldsman, who also penned the script, the actor will produce the film adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s eponymous novel.

Through his firm Westbrook Studios, the Aladdin actor will produce the Paramount Pictures adaptation alongside co-president Jon Mone and producer Ryan Shimazaki.

Despite being a significant career comeback project for Smith after he punched Chris Rock during the Academy Awards 2022 over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, he has declined to participate in the film.

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