{"id":1418142,"date":"2022-04-04T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418142"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:30:20","slug":"report-netflix-apple-remove-bids-for-planned-will-smith-biopic-following-oscars-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-netflix-apple-remove-bids-for-planned-will-smith-biopic-following-oscars-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Netflix, Apple Remove Bids for Planned Will Smith Biopic Following Oscars Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-netflix-apple-remove-bids-for-planned-will-smith-biopic-following-oscars-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418142&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A planned movie based on the life of Hollywood star Will Smith is in trouble after Netflix and Apple have reportedly withdrawn their bids amid the fallout from the Oscars night slap.<\/p>\n<p>The biopic,\u00a0based on Smith\u2019s best-selling autobiography, was the subject of heated bidding. But after Smith assaulted Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars last week, the project now appears to be dead in the water, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/5042109\/will-smith-biopic-netflix-apple-pull-out-bidding-bar\/\">report<\/a> from Britain\u2019s <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNetflix and Apple+ have quietly removed their bids for a Will Smith biopic and will instead relocate the funds and develop original ideas from new black actors,\u201d an anonymous source told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with Will has become a risky business. They now plan on developing ideas with more family friendly stars like Mike Epps and Michael B. Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>***LANGUAGE WARNING***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This type of thuggish behavior has no place in civilized society. Will Smith needs to be charged for assault. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MydlQBTqBT\">pic.twitter.com\/MydlQBTqBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1508294636670009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hollywood is distancing itself from Smith on other projects due to the star\u2019s newly toxic public image.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/03\/nolte-will-smiths-bad-boys-4-put-on-hold-after-oscars-meltdown\/\">reported<\/a>, plans for a fourth <em>Bad Boys<\/em> movie are now in limbo following the Oscars slap.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s <em>Fast And Loose<\/em>, which was also to star Smith, is also on hold, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/will-smith-netflix-movie-1235123901-1235123901\/\">report<\/a> from\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. It remains unclear if the streamer will move forward with<em> Bright 2<\/em>, a sequel to the massively popular 2017 movie <em>Bright<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Will Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/01\/will-smith-resigns-from-motion-picture-academy-amid-chris-rock-oscars-assault-backlash\/\">resigned<\/a> his membership to the motion picture Academy amid mounting condemnation for his assault of Rock.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><em>Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planned movie based on the life of Hollywood star Will Smith is in trouble after Netflix and Apple have reportedly withdrawn their bids amid the fallout from the Oscars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}