Hollywood turns its back on Will Smith after Oscar slap episode

The unexpected slap will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark on Will Smith's career.

Since the incident at the Oscars, his projects are now in question, as reported by

, while several leading roles are available to him.

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The American platform Netflix was the first to turn its back on the actor, Oscar winner this year for

.

, the umpteenth action film she produced, starred Will Smith, an amnesiac mobster left for dead in Mexico.

While director David Leitch (

,

,

) prefers to abandon the project to join

, a new production signed Universal, Netflix must also find its new first role.

Sony, producer of

, the fourth part of the adventures of Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, has decided to suspend the shooting of the film, scheduled for 2023. Will Smith had also read about forty pages of the script shortly before the Dolby Theater ceremony.

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Expected for the second quarter of 2022, the drama

is inspired by a true story, where a slave – played by Will Smith therefore – escapes from a plantation in Louisiana, before enlisting in the ranks of the US Army during the Civil War.

The film may never see the light of day, or at least not on Apple TV+.

Unlike Netflix and Sony, the platform has remained silent on the follow-up to

.

With production over, the 53-year-old actor has no choice but to stay on.

It remains to be seen whether the decision of the Academy of Oscars, expected on April 18, will postpone the release date of the film or not.

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At the beginning of March, Will Smith announced to follow up on

, of which he will be the protagonist but also the producer alongside Michael B. Jordan.

The Black Panther actor convinced Smith to reprise his role as Robert Neville.

I am a legend,

Will Smith explained to

.

Although no plot has yet been revealed, the concept is, according to the actor,

.

A project that is now at the draft stage.

On April 18, the board of directors of the Academy of Oscars will decide on the sentence to be given to Will Smith following his stroke.

Although the actor decided to withdraw from the institution before the announcement of the verdict, the members of the council could still rule on his suspension or his exclusion.

The Best Actor Oscar should not be taken away from him.