Will Smith lands next big role in new sci-fi thriller Resistor based on Daniel Suarez's 2014 bestselling novel By Deirdre Durkan-simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 00:22, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 00:32, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments Will Smith is set to star in a new sci-fi thriller , called Resistor, based on New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s 2014 novel Influx. The 55-year-old Oscar winner has reportedly been 'developing the project for years' alongside American film producer, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Jon Mone and Tony Shaw of Escape Artists.
Heather Washington is executive producing while Dave Wilson will serve as a producer. Screenwriter, Zak Olkewicz, who wrote and produced Bullet Train (2022), penned the first draft. Eric Singer is responsible for writing the latest draft.
At this time, the 'film is in development and currently in search of a director,' according to Variety . Although the plot is still under wraps, it is an adaptation of the book, Influx, which follows 'a physicist who is locked away in a high-tech prison just as he is about to make a startling breakthrough.' Will Smith is set to star in a new sci-fi thriller, called Resistor, based on New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s 2014 novel Influx; seen in June 2024 According to a synopsis of the novel from The Hollywood Reporter , 'the scientist soon discovers a shadowy organization has been keeping technological advances for itself and out of the hands of.