Jaden Smith attends Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards held at Galen Center on March 31, 2012 in Los Angeles
*Sony Pictures and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment are in early talks to acquire film rights to Allen Zadoff’s novel “Boy Nobody,” with plans to develop it as a starring vehicle for Jaden Smith.
“Boy Nobody” is the first in a planned young adult trilogy about a brainwashed teenage assassin who starts to regain his emotions. Little, Brown will publish the novel next spring.
Sources tell Variety that the studio beat out 20th Century Fox for the project and has begun negotiations, although they caution that no deal has yet closed. Overbrook found the property and brought it to Sony, where it has a first-look deal.
The book’s main character is reminiscent of a teenage Jason Bourne, with Zadoff describing him as a “young soldier trained not to feel; who could function in every situation without fear, sympathy or anger; who could assassinate strangers and then walk away emotionally unscathed.”
Smith, who previously starred in Sony’s “The Karate Kid” reboot” and “The Pursuit of Happyness,” as well as 20th Century Fox’s remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” He’s now filming M. Night Shyamalan’s Sony pic “After Earth” with his father, Will.
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He’s a cutie; and seems to have inherited his acting talent from his parents (well, WILL) —- i wish him the best! Now can they get that Willow child something to do besides trying to sing??? lolololol
Teen Assassin?? huh?? I know it is only a movie role BUT!!! there is enough violence committed by teens/young people as it is perhaps a role more positive toward teens. IMO>
PS. I see Jaden has the same sour kind of pissed off facial expresssion like his mother. I have never seen this young man crack a smile. lol!!!
*smh* I was thinking the same thing… Geez.
I guess him acting in another role is a great thing, even thought the film is violent to the core. The violence [on a massive scale] is him being associated with the Scientology madness his parents are exposing him and his sister, too!!! That L.Ron Hubbard was a fool, along with that crazy-azz Marshall Applewhite..hell, ask Nichelle Nichols aka LT. Uhura, her brother died during that death-raid here in San Diego a few years back waiting on the “Hale-Bop comet”… go figure!!!
babycakes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jaden smile either, to me he always look like he’s squinting.
LOL at him always looking like he’s squinting! I didn’t pay attention to that until now.
I think it’s his “pose”, ya know, like that broken stick victoria beckham (whatever her name is), or Beyondeme wooden pose. But, since I’m not a tween, the mother in me says: take that little far/nearsighted looking kid to Pearl vision. Shit, making my damn eyes hurt.