Will Smith’s new film Quick and Free is again on observe with a brand new director.
The Netflix film was as a consequence of be made by Michael Bay – who beforehand labored with Smith on 1995 motion comedy Unhealthy Boys and 2003 sequel Unhealthy Boys II – however he is believed to have exited the venture in October with Deadline.com reporting he left as a consequence of “inventive variations”.
Nonetheless, the outlet now reviews King Ivory director John Swab will probably be taking on after he “blew away not solely the studio execs however the star of the movie as nicely”.
Quick and Free is believed to observe the story of a person who wakes up within the Mexican metropolis of Tijuana with no reminiscence and has to piece collectively the double life he is been dwelling as against the law kingpin and an undercover CIA agent.
Screenrant.com reviews Smith needed the story to lean extra in the direction of comedy whereas Bay is claimed to have needed to deal with motion.
Unhealthy Boys producer Jerry Bruckheimer is producing Quick and Free together with Chad Oman and Smith by means of his Westbrook movie firm, which he runs together with his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.
The information comes after it was revealed Smith has signed a first-look cope with Paramount to create new theatrical movies with Westbrook.
The 56-year-old actor has been largely frozen out of Hollywood for the reason that Oscars ceremony in 2022 when he stormed the stage to slap host Chris Rock, however the brand new deal is anticipated to ship him extra roles with Jada taking up extra producing initiatives, in line with Selection.
In a press release saying the settlement, Paramount mentioned Westbrook would consider “international, four-quadrant theatrical motion pictures” with franchise potential, lots of them based mostly on pre-existing mental properties.
Paramount confirmed two movies are already in improvement – Sugar Bandits, a thriller tailored from Chuck Hogan’s novel Devils in Exile, and Rabbit Gap, written by Jon Spaihts, one of many credited screenwriters of the Dune movies.
Underneath the deal, Westbrook will probably be headquartered on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.
Westbrook has beforehand produced a number of high-profile titles. Emancipation starred Smith in 2022, whereas Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die turned a business success in 2024 regardless of the controversy surrounding him.
King Richard, launched in 2021, gained Smith an Academy Award for greatest actor on the identical evening because the incident with Rock.
