Will Smith is to star in Fast & Loose. The 52-year-old actor has been approached to play the lead role in the new thriller, which is directed by David Leitch. The project has been developed at STXfilms with David as a producer but no star has attached and development has moved at pace since Will agreed to make the flick.
Will Smith to Play The Lead Role in Fast & Loose albawaba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from albawaba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Leitch To Direct Smith in Fast & Loose, Sparking Studio Bidding War
Though initially only joining the project as producer, David Leitch (
Hobbs & Shaw) has officially stepped into the director’s chair of action thriller
Fast & Loose and two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith has signed on to star in the film, sparking a large bidding war amongst studios, according to Deadline.
Penned by Jon and Eric Hoeber (
Meg, Red), the film centers on John Riley (Smith) as he wakes up in Tijuana after being left for dead and with no memory, following a string of clues to uncover his identity of his dual lives: one as a successful crime kingpin surrounded by beautiful women, expensive belongings and a lavish lifestyle and the other as an undercover CIA agent with a low salary, no family or home life whatsoever and zero paths of success. Not knowing which is his true persona, Riley must determine which life he wants to live.