DJ Caruso to Direct Possible Will Smith Project, 'Selling Time'

Will Smith may have dropped a dud earlier this year with After Earth, but that doesn't mean he's straying far from the sci-fi genre. Last fall we learned he was eying yet another film, titled Selling Time, and a number of A-list directors were circling it. Now one has been found with Eagle Eye and I Am Number Four helmer DJ Caruso coming aboard.

Caruso, who most recently went against-type and directed the coming-of-age flick Standing Up, will take on the film about a man who gives up seven years of life expectancy to relive the single worst day of his life. As for Smith, he's still not locked in for the lead role even though he's been interested in quite awhile. Spike Lee and numerous other writers have given the script a pass, but now original scribe Dan McDermott is back on to try and punch it up to Smith's expectations.

Smith will be seen next in heist flick, Focus, alongside Margot Robbie. [Deadline]

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Will Smith to Star in Supernatural Thriller, 'Selling Time'

When all is said and done, 20th Century Fox may not be able to convince Will Smith to come back for Independence Day 2. The jury's still out on that one. But however that shakes out they plan on keeping him under their umbrella and have set him for a project he was attached to some time ago.

The Wrap reports that Smith is back on board for Selling Time, a supernatural thriller originally written by Dan McDermott. Smith will play a man who trade seven years of his life expectancy for a chance to relive the single worst day in his life. Spike Lee was among those who took a pass at the script over the years, and perhaps he's among the "several A-list filmmakers" reportedly circling the director's chair.

With no director in place and Smith yet to be officially signed this is a project that is still a ways off, so just add it to the actor's list of projects that will hopefully make us forget about After Earth.

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