Will Smith's movies are put on hold after his Oscar slap

Is Will Smith's career threatened by "The Slap"?

The first reactions after the Oscars evening seem in any case to indicate that nothing will ever be the same again for the superstar.

His movie

, which was looking for a director even before the Oscars, was put on hold by Netflix, according to an article by

.

And it's not the only Will Smith project that is likely to be affected by the bad buzz of what is now officially called "The Slap".

Bad Boys 4

, which was in "active development", according to the publication, has also stalled, even though Will Smith was given 40 pages of script to prepare for his role.

Nothing comes out

Other films in pre-production, with Will Smith as headliner, would also be affected, and even the

series , scheduled for this year on Apple TV +, has disappeared from the schedules of the streaming platform.

However, it had been in post-production for several months, so it was finished.

Will Smith has chosen to leave the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

A resignation which allows the organization in charge of the Oscars not to have to decide on the difficult decision to exclude him or not.

The incident has yet to be formally reviewed by members of the Academy, to possibly strip him of his Best Actor Oscar for

.

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