Will Smith is set to headline Paramount Pictures new sci-fi drama 'Brilliance'. The 50-year-old actor will also produce the project which is an official adaptation of Marcus Sakey's dystopian trilogy of the same name, reported Deadline.

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'Brilliance' marks Will Smith's reunion with producer-writer Akiva Goldsman

The film mark Will Smith's reunion with producer-writer Akiva Goldsman, who is set to pen the script. They have previously worked together on the movies -- 'I, Robot', 'I Am Legend' and 'Hancock'.

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'Brilliance' plot 

'Brilliance' is set in the future where one percent of the world has developed unique gifts that threaten the status quo of the 'normal' population. These non-neurotypical people, who are referred to as 'twists' or 'abnorms' are carefully tracked by the government.

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Will Smith will portray Nick Cooper, a federal agent who works for the Department of Analysis and Response. His job is to track down and terminate criminal abnorms who use their gifts for ill.

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Cast

Besides Smith and Goldsman, James Lassiter and Shane Salerno will also produce the film.