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Sony wants Jaden Smith to be their teenage assassin for Boy Nobody

Apr. 20, 2012by: Niki Stephens

The spawn of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith has another movie lined up.

When Jaden and his dad are finished up with M. Night Shyamalan's AFTER EARTH, it looks like Jaden will move on to play a brainwashed teenage assassin.

The film, BOY NOWHERE was picked up by Sony after they beat Fox for it. Allen Zadoff's novel, as I said is about "a brainwashed teenaged assassin who begins to regain his emotions." The book is due out next Spring. If Jaden signs on, he will be strapped down to a franchise with this one.

Zadoff described his main characters as, "young soldier trained not to feel; who could function in every situation without fear, sympathy or anger; who could assassinate strangers and then walk away emotionally unscathed."

You guys want more kid assassins?

Source: Variety
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10:56PM on 04/20/2012

Sounds familiar

isnt that just the plot of the Bourne Identity, but with teenagers?
isnt that just the plot of the Bourne Identity, but with teenagers?
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11:20PM on 04/20/2012
I really don't like that kid. He just has that smug look on his face 24/7.
I really don't like that kid. He just has that smug look on his face 24/7.
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12:27AM on 04/21/2012
He is just....the worst.
He is just....the worst.
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1:27AM on 04/21/2012
Kurt Russell's Soldier?
Kurt Russell's Soldier?
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4:34AM on 04/21/2012
This sounds like an idea from some assh#le who's never seen a movie in his entire life.
This sounds like an idea from some assh#le who's never seen a movie in his entire life.
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4:53AM on 04/21/2012
No thanks. Hanna did the job nicely.
No thanks. Hanna did the job nicely.
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4:58AM on 04/21/2012
so the male version version of Hanna? Who will believe will smiths kid is an assassin LOL
so the male version version of Hanna? Who will believe will smiths kid is an assassin LOL
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7:06AM on 04/21/2012
Two things. 1) This movie was done, and it's called Hanna. 2) The kid is a terrible actor.
Two things. 1) This movie was done, and it's called Hanna. 2) The kid is a terrible actor.
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7:12AM on 04/21/2012

More crap!

Hanna was crap, and so is this idea.
Hanna was crap, and so is this idea.
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7:48AM on 04/21/2012
Am I the only one that wanted to bitch slap his character in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"?

I think he's an incredibly boring actor to say the least.
Am I the only one that wanted to bitch slap his character in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"?

I think he's an incredibly boring actor to say the least.
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8:09AM on 04/21/2012
I liked Hanna... and I'll watch this.
I liked Hanna... and I'll watch this.
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8:16AM on 04/21/2012
Well at least not being able to convey human emotions will help him out in the role.
Well at least not being able to convey human emotions will help him out in the role.
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9:19AM on 04/21/2012

be original Hollywood!!

why cant hollywood come up with something original?they keep rehashing the same crap all the time...
why cant hollywood come up with something original?they keep rehashing the same crap all the time...
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5:07PM on 04/21/2012
Oh the humanity! I completely wrote off Jaden Smith after Day the Earth Stood Still. Could he have been any more annoying in that movie?
Oh the humanity! I completely wrote off Jaden Smith after Day the Earth Stood Still. Could he have been any more annoying in that movie?
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8:06PM on 04/21/2012

Karate Kid

He wasn't that bad in Karate Kid. I mean, it wasn't a very dramatic role, but he was good. I'm not keen on this film, but I'm not as down on Jaden as you all seem to be.
He wasn't that bad in Karate Kid. I mean, it wasn't a very dramatic role, but he was good. I'm not keen on this film, but I'm not as down on Jaden as you all seem to be.
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11:08PM on 04/21/2012

Didn't ABDUCTION teach the studios anything??

Granted Jaden Smith is miles better than that aweful Twilight Kid, but this kiddie version of every assassin film ever made is just a boring & uninteresting project. I don't have anything against Jaden like everyone for some reason has, hell, for all I know he can very well be the next Michael Douglas (you know, son of Kirk Douglas)....But this film sounds like crap. period.
Granted Jaden Smith is miles better than that aweful Twilight Kid, but this kiddie version of every assassin film ever made is just a boring & uninteresting project. I don't have anything against Jaden like everyone for some reason has, hell, for all I know he can very well be the next Michael Douglas (you know, son of Kirk Douglas)....But this film sounds like crap. period.
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5:01AM on 04/22/2012

ugh!

Why dont they just reboot the Agent Cody Banks franchise with him and get it over with.
How many off-screen deaths and shaky cam fighting will the put in this to keep the violence tame? I'm looking at you pg13.
Why dont they just reboot the Agent Cody Banks franchise with him and get it over with.
How many off-screen deaths and shaky cam fighting will the put in this to keep the violence tame? I'm looking at you pg13.
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9:11AM on 04/22/2012

ok...

I know that this will probably make buckets of money, I know that it will probably be really entertaining because his dad is one of the most bankable actors today. But really, if you are making a flick about an assassin with no emotions then you need to make the shit gruesome as fuck and rated R. What kind of message are we sending to youths any way, that teenage killers are cool and could be forgiven if they suddenly grow a conscience? Kids are only gonna leave the cinema with delusions of
I know that this will probably make buckets of money, I know that it will probably be really entertaining because his dad is one of the most bankable actors today. But really, if you are making a flick about an assassin with no emotions then you need to make the shit gruesome as fuck and rated R. What kind of message are we sending to youths any way, that teenage killers are cool and could be forgiven if they suddenly grow a conscience? Kids are only gonna leave the cinema with delusions of grandeur. Leave the kids home on this one please.
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11:40AM on 04/22/2012
Sounds like somebody gave gender/race switch to Cains "daughter" Cassandra(one time emotionaless kid asassin and then the batgirl) from the DC Batman comics.
Sounds like somebody gave gender/race switch to Cains "daughter" Cassandra(one time emotionaless kid asassin and then the batgirl) from the DC Batman comics.
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1:27PM on 04/23/2012

Well

It could be good if done right. Hunger Games was done well but could have been done better. Like the killing shoots were shakey cam and unclear so you really didn't see a kid get killed, but some shots you really see a kid get his neck snapped.
It could be good if done right. Hunger Games was done well but could have been done better. Like the killing shoots were shakey cam and unclear so you really didn't see a kid get killed, but some shots you really see a kid get his neck snapped.
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