THE bidding battle for Will Smith’s biopic is over — after Netflix and Apple+ each pulled out following his Oscars slap scandal.
Insiders mentioned the streaming giants had eliminated their bids amid the fallout from Smith hitting comedian Chris Rock on stage.
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We revealed final month that the businesses had been preventing to safe rights to the movie about Smith’s life, based mostly on his best-selling autobiography which got here out final 12 months.
However a supply revealed yesterday: “Netflix and Apple+ have quietly eliminated their bids for a Will Smith biopic and can as an alternative relocate the funds and develop unique concepts from new black actors.
“Working with Will has turn into a dangerous enterprise. They now plan on creating concepts with extra household pleasant stars like Mike Epps and Michael B. Jordan.”
Dangerous Boys star Smith, 53, has been mendacity low since he stormed on stage in Los Angeles and slapped Rock, 57, for a joke about his 50-year-old spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
The star is believed to be staying at a high-end US sanctuary after resigning from the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.
Standing down final week, Smith mentioned his actions had been “inexcusable”.
The Academy accepted his resignation however are nonetheless pushing forward with disciplinary proceedings.
Smith faces a make-or-break listening to on April 18 the place he may very well be stripped of his Finest Actor Oscar for his function in King Richard.
In the meantime, trade assist for the Hollywood star, who broke by in Nineteen Nineties sitcom The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air, is dwindling.
Insiders declare growth plans for a fourth Dangerous Boys movie have been placed on maintain, as has Smith’s Netflix venture Quick And Unfastened.
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