Will Smith had a career-reviving success with Bad Boys: Ride or Die earlier this year. And it seems the actor is not letting the momentum slip away from his massive Hollywood comeback. Following the success of the 2024 action-comedy, he has already lined up a bunch of new projects. Some of them are sequels or remakes of well-known IP, while others are fresh, original ideas that could likely help put him back on the map after the tough few years following his 2022 scandal. That said, he has already stepped away from a few of these ventures. 

Despite that, Smith is still sticking with four projects where he will be showing off his acting skills in the near future.

Will Smith is about to star in the remake of the 1987 road trip comedy Planes, Trains & Automobiles, alongside the comedy icon, Kevin Hart. The movie was first announced back in 2020. And after a considerable silence on the project, in a 2023 interview with ET Canada, Hart finally confirmed that they are still working on it.

Hart explained that the project is still in the script phase and that they are focused on getting the story right before moving forward in the production. However, since then, there have not been any big updates about the movie.

Will Smith is about to step back into his iconic role as Dr. Robert Neville. The sequel to I Am Legend, which has been in the works since 2022, will bring him back to the post-apocalyptic world, and this time he will not only be starring but also producing, alongside Michael B. Jordan. 

Smith confirmed his involvement with I Am Legend 2 back in March 2022. This sequel will also finally bring the alternate ending from the first movie into play.

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The last update on the movie surfaced in late 2023 when Variety reported Smith’s confirmation from the Red Sea International Film Festival about the script being finished. 

Another Will Smith movie that has been in the works for a while is his Netflix action thriller Fast and Loose. Although the film was first announced in 2022, it was put on hold after the controversy surrounding Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.

In early 2023, however, Variety reported that Netflix has decided to move forward with Fast and Loose again, after Sony gave the green light to Bad Boys: Ride or Die. That means Fast and Loose could be coming soon.

Last but not least, there is Resistor. This film is based on Daniel Suarez’s novel Influx and could be the project that helps Will Smith reclaim his sci-fi heavyweight reputation. It will give him the chance to mix action and sci-fi in what could be another hit following Bad Boys 4. 

Smith is also producing the film with Todd Black, but a director is still to be confirmed.

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