It’s back to the shiny world of science fiction for Will Smith (Gemini Man, pictured above), who is set to star in Resistor, a retitled adaptation of Daniel Suarez’s 2014 novel Influx. (Weird title change, no?) According to Deadline, this project has been in development for a while—long enough for two drafts of the script, a first one by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train) and the latest by Eric Singer (presumably the one who co-wrote Top Gun: Maverick, and not the drummer from Kiss). Four years ago, S.F. Wilson was attached to direct, but at present the film does not have a director.
Deadline notes that the plot details are “under wraps,” but one can draw some conclusions from the book synopsis:
Resistor does not yet have a release date.
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Molly Templeton
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Molly Templeton has been a bookseller, an alt-weekly editor, and assistant managing editor of Tor.com, among other things. She now lives and writes in Oregon, and spends as much time as possible in the woods.