Will Smith Set to Star as Crime Boss in New Netflix Film
Award-winning actor Will Smith is set to star in and direct new Netflix film The Council. After the success of the previous Netflix film, Bright, starring Will Smith as a police officer in an alternative world, Netflix has decided to produce another film starring Smith, only this time he will portray crime boss Nicky Barnes.
EXCITING NEWS Y’ALL!
Will Smith is set to produce and star as Nicky Barnes in “THE COUNCIL” – the never-before-told story of the Harlem-based crime syndicate that set out to create Black equity and self-sufficiency during the 1970s and early 80s. pic.twitter.com/iVt6C0cckx
— Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead) September 24, 2019
The streaming service announced in a recent tweet that Smith, 50, will star and produce the new movie about Barnes and his Harlem-based crime syndicate. The film revolves around Barnes, who formed The Council, which was a seven-man African-American crime syndicate, in 1972. At the time The Council controlled a large part of the heroin trade in New York and later partnered with another large group expanding the empire.
Netflix has not yet given a release date for the film but with Smith’s recent success in Disney’s Aladdin and Ang Lee’s sci-fi thriller Gemini Man, his next film is bound to be a smash hit.
