Will Smith has revealed that he desires Zendaya to star in an upcoming sequel to the 2008 superhero movie Hancock.
The film, directed by Peter Berg (Patriots Day, Deepwater Horizon) and written by Breaking Unhealthy’s Vince Gilligan alongside Vy Vincent Ngo, starred Smith as an amnesiac, alcoholic superhero attempting to recollect his previous.
The character saves the lives of a pair performed by Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron, who go on to assist him enhance his public picture and piece collectively the story of his life.
The movie was a field workplace success, grossing over $600million (£475million) from a finances of $150million (£120million), and now Smith has revealed that work is transferring ahead on a potential sequel.
Talking on xQc’s Twitch stream, he stated: “There’s a very cool, actually cool Hancock 2 concept. We haven’t even talked about it so I’m gonna offer you one little piece – Zendaya is being approached for a job in Hancock 2.”
Will Smith teases “Hancock 2” with Michael B. Jordan and Zendaya 👀 pic.twitter.com/kqYfmnkRyT
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Sony Footage, who launched the primary movie, have refused to verify or deny Smith’s feedback.
Zendaya is presently in excessive demand: experiences emerged this week that filming is ready to start on the third Dune movie later this yr, whereas she is additionally linked to Christopher Nolan’s model of The Odyssey, which is filming in 2025, in addition to the fourth entry in Marvel’s Spider-Man collection and the third season of Euphoria, that are each additionally presently in manufacturing.
The actress can be reportedly now engaged to her Spider-Man co-star Tom Holland, after hypothesis grew when she was noticed carrying a big diamond ring on the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.
Smith, in the meantime, just lately opened up about chatting with each Prince and Biggie Smalls simply hours earlier than they every died. “I don’t even wish to say this out loud ’trigger it’s like a horrible jinx,” he stated. “I met Biggie 4 hours earlier than he acquired killed, and I talked to Prince eight hours earlier than he died.”
The actor has been specializing in his return to music in current months, making his comeback final yr with the only ‘Work Of Artwork’ that includes his son Jaden and Russ, adopted by ‘Tantrum’ with Joyner Lucas.
Each songs are anticipated to be a part of an upcoming album ‘Dance In Your Darkest Days’. The album has but to obtain a launch date and will likely be his first since 2005’s ‘Misplaced And Discovered’.
