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Brilliance Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 30, 2022

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Brilliance

Director: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Starring: Will Smith

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Production Status

Current stage in the film’s journey

Pre-Production
Production Progress
Key talent and film crew being hired; budgeting, preparing and planning of production schedule; approving final shooting script. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her narrative feature directorial debut.

October 30, 2022

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Set in an alternate present day, one percent of children are born savants with special powers. Called “brilliants,” they are capable of exceptional things. A federal agent uses his skills to become a master hunter of terrorists, pursues a savant terrorist who intends to provoke civil war.
Action Drama Thriller Adaptation

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Brilliance.

  • Will Smith
    Will Smith

    ... Nick Cooper

    I Am Legend 2, Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Crew Behind the Film

The Brilliance behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy last directed Star Wars: New Jedi Order. The film's writer Akiva Goldsman last wrote Doctor Sleep and The Dark Tower.

Director
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Screenwriter
Producers
Akiva Goldsman
James Lassiter
Shane Salerno
Will Smith
Studios
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Production Details

What we know about the Brilliance movie production.

Key Facts

  • This is the fourth film Smith and Goldsman have teamed together for. The other three films - I, Robot, I Am Legend and Hancock — collectively grossed around $2 billion.
  • Will Smith is playing a federal agent, a brilliant with great hunting gifts who is drafted to hunt down a terrorist, another such brilliant who intends to start the civil war.
  • Based on Marcus Sakey's novel.

Production Updates for Brilliance

Pre-Production

Changed Brilliance movie production status. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her narrative feature directorial debut.

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Film has been changed from a Legendary/Universal project, to Paramount Pictures, and has acquired Will Smith and Akiva Goldsman. The two partnered for previous films, I, Robot, I Am Legend and Hancock.

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Aiming for a summer 2014 start.

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Legendary Pictures has tapped David Koepp to pen its adaptation of the Marcus Sakey novel.

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Language
English

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Brilliance is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,451 other movies coming out on the same date, including The Nightingale, The Rosie Project and Star Wars: New Jedi Order.

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