Will Smith announced his resignation from the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts on Friday after the slapping incident at the Academy Awards. However, Netflix and Sony have decided to put their projects with the actor on hold.
The Oscar slap incident still has many repercussions. Indeed, while the Academy of Arts and Cinema will hold a meeting on April 18 to decide on a possible sanction for Will Smith, the latter has taken the lead and resigned from the Academy.
“I resign as a Fellow of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and will accept any consequences the Board of Directors deems appropriate”, announced the actor in a press release. Indeed, the actor risks having his Oscar taken away just after the altercation.
However, Will Smith’s act of anger had other repercussions. Indeed, Netflix has made the decision to stop the production of its project with the actor. The latter was to embody the hero of the thriller titled Fast and Loose. Note that the director of this film, David Leitch, had withdrawn from the project a week before the Oscars ceremony.
However, Will Smith risks losing another big project as Sony puts production on the fourth installment on hold. bad boys. The studio preferring to wait for the end of the investigation by the Academy of Arts and Cinema to make a decision. In addition, Apple did not specify whether its project on slavery, Emancipationof which Will Smith is the hero, is maintained or not.
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