Flowers for Algernon is a great story where the science fiction is very secondary to the heart of the characters involved.
Will Smith is attached to star in the adpatation as Charlie, a mentally handicapped man who volunteers for an experiment that would make him smart. The experiment was a success, but he becomes super smart but that it came at a price.
Smiths’s Overbrook Entertainment will partner up with Polsky Films and Tracy Nyberg, an associate producer on Hancock and Smith’s assistant during the production of I Am Legend to steer this update of the 1959 novel, which won Cliff Robertson the Best Actor trophy in 1969 (that version was called Charly).
I really do enjoy Will Smith in some good old ass whoopin action or comedies, but he has proven he can nail down a dramatic role when he wants to as well.
Will Smith can put aside the Big Willie style when the role calls for it and I think he would be perfect for this.
