Work appears to be drying up for Will Smith, since the slapping incident at the Oscars.
The Hollywood Reporter says producers have put the brakes on a couple of his projects for the time being, with other projects likely to follow.
Sony will be pausing its newest installment in the Bad Boys franchise, in which Smith stars with Martin Lawrence. Smith had also been talking about a sequel to the film Hancock, and another of his version of the Karate Kid. Given that both were tied to Sony, TMZ speculated that these projects could succumb to the same fate as Bad Boys 4.
Another Smith film, Fast and Loose is also back burner at Netflix, per The Hollywood Reporter, until the heat drops down from Smith's slapping of Chris Rock. Again, TMZ suggested that other Smith/Netflix projects such as The Council and Bright 2 may now be in peril.
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