Gemini Man: Will Smith in Talks to Star As a Cloned Assassin

Will Smith versus himself.

By Alex Gilyadov

Will Smith is in talks to star in the long-gestating clone assassin film, Gemini Man.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ang Lee (Life of Pi) is also in negotiations to direct the movie, with Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys) producing. Gemini Man, which was first written in 1997, follows an aging assassin facing off against a clone of himself who's 25 years younger.

The film was originally set to be directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun) for Disney with Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers) producing. Since 1997, Gemini Man's script has been reworked multiple times as it was considered unfilmable due to the clone premise. The original plan was to have to separate actors, one older (Harrison Ford) and one younger (Chris O’Donnell), play the same main character.

However, the idea to have one actor play both parts stuck, and the belief now is that the technology is there to make this happen. At one point, both Clint Eastwood and Mel Gibson were considered for the role.

Will Smith is currently is in talks to star as the Genie in Disney's live-action Aladdin remake, which will begin filming in July.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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