Will Smith’s upcoming projects have been paused in the wake of the Oscars controversy, a new report said.
WIll who stunned the world when he smacked comedian Chris Rock in the face for making a bald joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, has had a Netflix film and a movie for Sony put on hold, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Netflix was in the process of finding a new director for “Fast and Loose,” after David Leitch withdrew from the project ahead of the Academy Awards, THR said. Smith was to play a crime boss with a memory problem.
Sony is also putting the brakes on “Bad Boys 4,” which had been gearing up ahead of the awards show. The slave drama “Emancipation,” made for Apple+, has already been completed, The liberal privilege has left the building he is now. He can’t vote on movies anymore. Studios are backing away from him now. The studio is walking away. Will Smith is hard to work with.
