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Will Smith To Star As Crime Boss Nicky Barnes In Netflix Film ‘The Council’ Will Smith will take on the role of New York City crime boss Nicky Barnes in his next Netflix film The Council. The project will re-team Smith with Concussion helmer Peter Landesman, who wrote the screenplay for the new film and will executive produce. Smith and partner James Lassiter are producing the pic for Westbrook Inc.’s Overbrook Entertainment along with Jackson Pictures’ Matt Jackson and Jason Essex for Anonymous Nobodies. Landesman’s script tells the never-before-told story of a crime syndicate consisting of seven African-American men who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and early ’80s. No ordinary crime syndicate – the men dreamed of a self-sufficient and self-policing African American city-state, funded by revolutionizing the drug game. The movie centers on the Shakespearean court intrigue between The Council’s king, Nicky Barnes, dubbed “Mr. Untouchable” by the New York Times, and all the different members as one unlikely rising protégé emerges. Barnes, born Leroy Nicholas Barnes, was active during the 1970s leading an international drug trafficking ring, in partnership with the Italian-American mafia. He was arrested in 1978 and sentenced to life imprisonment, eventually becoming a federal informant, which led to the demise of The Council. Barnes died from cancer in 2012, however, his death was recently made known due to him being under witness protection. Landesman will serve as an executive producer with Jackson Pictures’ Joanne Lee and David Lee from Anonymous Nobodies. Smith, most recently seen on the big screen as Genie in Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, has Fox’s Spies in Disguise animation, the Ang Lee-directed Gemini Man at Paramount, and Sony’s Bad Boys For Life sequel upcoming. Ryan Goodell of Morris Yorn negotiated on behalf of Essex, while CAA and Andrew Galker from Jackoway Austen negotiated on behalf of Landesman. Overbrook is repped by CAA and Sloan, Offer. Jackson Pictures is with CAA and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Source: https://deadline.com/2019/09/will-smith-nicky-barnes-netflix-the-council-1202743073/

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Don't get your hopes up...

Trailer looks alright to me, nothing fancy. Just glad to see them together.

Don’t know who this guy is but he should leak the song!

Dope stuff! They should do a B-sides show, only songs that weren’t released as singles... how dope would that be!

I remember that performance, love the way he comes to the stage!

I love those remixes man... takes me way back! Love Will’s verse one... flexin on the haters!

Just saw Aladdin. Same story as Tim. Full house, all ages. A lot of positive talk about Will. Even some applause at the end which never happens in Belgium. I liked it. Loved the end credits hearing the new version of Friend Like Me.

Reviews are coming in. People seem to like Will as the Genie. https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/05/aladdin-reviews-critics-react-to-will-smith-genie?utm_campaign=complexmag&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

Source: https://www.google.be/amp/hiphop-n-more.com/2019/05/will-smith-dj-khaled-friend-like-me-aladdin-soundtrack/amp/ “I went into the studio the first day and I really wanted to play with it to see if I could add something to it,” Smith said in the press release. “Literally 30 minutes in the studio, and started to play with the song [and] the 94/96 BPM range. That BPM range is right old school hip hop. So I grabbed The Honey Drippers ‘Impeach Your President’ and I had them throw that breakbeat under there. I messed around with that. And I messed around with Erik B. & Rakim’s ‘I Know You Got Soul’ under ‘Friend Like Me.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m home!’ I started playing with the hip hop flavor, and the Genie was really born in my mind from the music.”

Well...they are not really rap tracks! The Aladdin soundtrack is out. Will has four songs on it. 1. Arabian Nights 2. Friend Like Me 3. Prince Ali 4. Friend Like Me (End Title) (Ft. DJ Khaled) Only the song with DJ Khaled is a rap track, he is singing in the other ones. Just my opinion but I'm not feeling Arabian Nights at all. I do like the DJ Khaled track, kinda makes me wish he was on DJ Khaled's latest album.

Soundtrack is out next week. http://allears.net/2019/05/15/aladdin-soundtrack-to-feature-zayn-zhavia-ward-will-smith-and-dj-khaled/