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Will Smith to Portray Boss Nicky Barnes - 09/24/19 06:58 PM
Will Smith to Portray American Crime Boss Nicky Barnes in Netflix Film ‘The Council’
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Barnes was the inspiration for Wesley Snipes’ Nino Brown in the 1991 film “New Jack Cityâ€
Trey Williams, September 24, 2019 @ 10:01 AM
Will Smith is trading in his family-friendly aura and big blockbuster stardom to portray American crime boss Nicky Barnes in a biopic for Netflix called “The Council.â€
Peter Landesman (“Concussion,†“Parklandâ€) is writing the script for the film, which tells the untold story of a crime syndicate consisting of the seven black men who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and early ’80s.
This crime syndicate, as spelled out in the film’s logline, was made up of men who dreamed of a self-sufficient and self-policing African American city-state, funded by revolutionizing the drug game.
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“The Council†will center on the syndicate’s head, Nicky Barnes, who was dubbed by the New York Times as “Mr. Untouchable.†The film will focus on the Shakespearean court intrigue between Barnes and all the different members of the syndicate, as one unlikely rising protégé emerges.
Barnes served as the inspiration for Wesley Snipes’ character Nino Brown in the 1991 film “New Jack City.†Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Barnes in 2007’s “American Gangster,†which starred Denzel Washington as Barnes’ rival Frank Lucas.
Barnes’ death was recently made known in the New York Times.
During his reign in the ’70s Barnes led an international drug trafficking ring, in partnership with the Italian-American mafia, until his arrest in 1978. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, eventually becoming a federal informant.
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Barnes was the inspiration for Wesley Snipes’ Nino Brown in the 1991 film “New Jack Cityâ€
Trey Williams, September 24, 2019 @ 10:01 AM
Will Smith is trading in his family-friendly aura and big blockbuster stardom to portray American crime boss Nicky Barnes in a biopic for Netflix called “The Council.â€
Peter Landesman (“Concussion,†“Parklandâ€) is writing the script for the film, which tells the untold story of a crime syndicate consisting of the seven black men who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and early ’80s.
This crime syndicate, as spelled out in the film’s logline, was made up of men who dreamed of a self-sufficient and self-policing African American city-state, funded by revolutionizing the drug game.
Also Read:
'Bad Boys for Life:' Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Ride or Die 'One Last Time' in First Trailer (Video)
“The Council†will center on the syndicate’s head, Nicky Barnes, who was dubbed by the New York Times as “Mr. Untouchable.†The film will focus on the Shakespearean court intrigue between Barnes and all the different members of the syndicate, as one unlikely rising protégé emerges.
Barnes served as the inspiration for Wesley Snipes’ character Nino Brown in the 1991 film “New Jack City.†Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Barnes in 2007’s “American Gangster,†which starred Denzel Washington as Barnes’ rival Frank Lucas.
Barnes’ death was recently made known in the New York Times.
During his reign in the ’70s Barnes led an international drug trafficking ring, in partnership with the Italian-American mafia, until his arrest in 1978. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, eventually becoming a federal informant.