Netflix Stops Production of Will Smith’s New Movie

The 94th Oscar Awards, held this year, witnessed an incredible event. The famous 53-year-old actor Will Smith slapped the comedian Chris Rock, who made a joke about his wife during the ceremony, on stage; after that, he warned her in an abusive way. This historical event caused the whole world to talk about Will Smith rather than movies and awards.

Smith, who was awarded the ‘Best Actor’ award for the movie King Richard, apologized to Instagram after the incident. Chris Rock also stated in his statements that he is still trying to perceive what happened and that he will talk about the subject when the time comes. In addition, Smith announced that he resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, which condemned him for what happened and launched an investigation, in a statement he made yesterday. Now, a move towards the famous actor came from the giant broadcasting platform Netflix.

Netflix has stopped the production of the movie ‘Fast and Loose’

According to the news first reported by the Hollywood Reporter, leading movie and TV series platform Netflix, after the events at the Oscar ceremony He then decided to stop the production of Will Smith’s new movie ‘Fast and Loose’. It should also be noted that the director of this movie, David Leitch, left the production to move on to the movie ‘Fall Guy’ before the events of the ceremony. After that, Netflix was looking for a new director for the production; however, the incident involving Smith caused the film to be suspended.

It remains unclear whether the production of the crime and action movie ‘Fast and Loose’ will continue, and whether Netflix will find someone else to replace Smith. The production, which is expected to play a character who loses his memory after an attack and finds himself mysteriously in Mexico, would focus on this character, who is both a CIA agent and a drug lord, to explore his past.

This illustrated the implications of Will Smith’s slap. The famous actor will soon release a movie called ‘Emancipation’ for Apple TV+. It has also been a matter of curiosity whether the production, which is currently in the post-production phase and is said to be a good candidate at the award ceremonies, will be affected by the event. In addition, it should be said that there is a possibility that Smith’s involvement in other projects is suspicious.