Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is all set to make her narrative feature debut with brilliance. The upcoming film will be a Paramount Pictures adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s novel. On the other hand, Hollywood star Will Smith will produce the film under the banner of his company Westbrook Studios. While the official announcement regarding the star cast has not been made, Pakistani actress Mahira Khan is said to be in talks to participate in the film.
Mahira Khan in talks to join Will Smith for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Brilliance’: Reports
According to a Twitter handle called FilmUpdates, Mahira Khan is said to be in early talks to join Will Smith in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s brilliance. For the inexperienced, Deadline has previously reported some inside information about the upcoming movie.
Rumor has it that Mahira Khan is initially in talks to join Will Smith in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘BRILLIANCE’.
The film focuses on a population where 1% are born with special abilities called “brilliant” as a gifted federal agent must stop a man who plans to start a civil war pic.twitter.com/XMEF3kH60J
— Movie Updates (@FilmUpdates) September 29, 2022
In a report detailing the film’s premise, the publication states, “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’ – threaten the status quo of the ‘normal’ population with their unique gifts.”
Speaking of Obaid-Chinoy, she is best known for her directing Save face and a girl in the river, the price of forgiveness and most recently Mrs. Marvel. Meanwhile, Smith will be the next star in Emancipation. In the upcoming Apple movie, the star will appear as a hunted runaway enslaved man struggling for freedom in the perilous swamps of Louisiana. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the fact-based thriller’s release date has yet to be announced.
Also read: Will Smith to produce adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s novel Brilliance; in conversation to play in the movie
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