Noomi Rapace is in negotiations to join Will Smith in ‘Brilliance’, the adaptation of the Marcus Sakeynovel being made by Legendary Entertainment.
Julius Onahis directing the project, which has a script by David Koepp. Joe Roth, Thomas Tull, and Jon Jashnialso producing.
The book took place in a world where a minority set of people are born with extraordinary abilities and are called “brilliants.” A panic sets in among the human majority, bringing the world to a civil war, which is exactly what a nefarious faction wants.
Smith is playing a federal agent, a brilliant with great hunting gifts who is drafted to hunt down a terrorist, another such brilliant who intends to start the civil war.
Rapace will play a tattooed and pierced brilliant that is identified as a terrorist by the government.
Universal will release the feature project, which is aiming for a summer start.
Rapace made a name for herself as the tough and tattooed hacker LisbethSalander in the Scandinavian ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ movies. She was last seen in ‘Dead Man Down’ with Colin Farrell and has the crime thriller Child 44, with Tom Hardy and Joel Kinnaman, in the can.
