March 08, 2007 @ 11:25 am
Will Smith: Back Like Cooked Crack
The star will produce a film based on a redemption memoir by a "chef" who actually became a chef.
Will Smith's film production company has optioned Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras, Jeff Henderson's redemption memoir about his transition from drug dealer to executive chef at the swanky Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Overbrook Entertainment, along with Columbia Pictures, will produce the film with the same team that turned Pursuit of Happyness into a Best Actor-nominated, $288 million phenomenon.
Cooked was released only a few weeks ago, on Feb. 20, by William Morrow. It chronicles the trials of Henderson, aka "Chef Jeff," who learned to cook gourmet meals while serving time for dealing crack cocaine. No word yet on whether Smith will star. The actor is currently filming I Am Legend in New York, a thriller in which he plays the last man alive in NYC after a virus has destroyed the world's population.
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bananapeel says:
yawn!
March 8, 2007 at 1:25 pm