BRILLIANCE: Will Smith And Akiva Goldsman To Adapt Fantasy Sci-Fi Novel From Marcus Sakey At Paramount
Just weeks away from Gemini Man, actor Will Smith is staying the course for more sci-fi and fantasy with Brilliance for Paramount Pictures. Deadline‘s Mike Fleming Jr. reports the Bad Boys For Life star will be partnering for a fourth time around with Akiva Goldsman to build a vehicle based on the current literary trilogy from author Marcus Sakey. If 1% of the world’s children were born with powerful gifts, how would society adapt to them? The Brilliance novel trilogy is set in a future where non-neurotypical people — demonized by society as “twists” or “abnorms” — are threatening the status quo of the “normal” population with their unique gifts. They are officially labeled as “Brilliants” and are carefully tracked by the government. Smith will play the book series hero Nick Cooper, a federal agent who works for the Department of Analysis and Response. His job is to track down […]