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From indieWire:
And the Smith Family machine continues on its course to take over the world.
Papa Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment production house and Warner Bros have brought on African American scribe Rob Edwards to pen the script for a film called Amulet, to be based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Kazu Kibuishi, which "follows a teenage boy and his sister, who are pulled into a mystical world of demons, monsters and talking animals and discover that they are the last in a line of gatekeepers who must quickly learn to control a powerful amulet to save the world," according to Variety.
I actually first wrote about this project last summer, when I discovered it, while browsing through Jaden's IMDB page. Although, I don't recall there ever being an official announcement of it.
At the time, Oscar-winning screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman, who also penned Smith's 'I Am Legend' adaptation, was attached to write the screenplay, but no director was (and still isn't) signed on to helm the project. Also at the time, Jaden Smith and his little sister, Willow Smith, were both attached to star in it!
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