Ten years after Daniel Suarez’s novel Influx was published, THR reports that Will Smith is in talks to star in a feature film adaptation of the book titled Resistor for Sony Pictures.
The Hollywood Reporter previews in their report this afternoon, “The book focuses on a government agency that locks away inventors in a secretive prison and hijacks their work.”
Here’s the full plot synopsis for the novel…
What if our civilization is more advanced than we know?
The New York Times bestselling author of Daemon imagines a world in which decades of technological advances have been suppressed in an effort to prevent disruptive change.
Are smart phones really humanity’s most significant innovation since the moon landings? Or can something else explain why the bold visions of the 20th century–fusion power, genetic enhancements, artificial intelligence, cures for common disease, extended human life, and a host of other world-changing advances–have remained beyond our grasp? Why has the high-tech future that seemed imminent in the 1960’s failed to arrive?
Perhaps it did arrive…but only for a select few.
Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train) and Eric Singer (Top Gun: Maverick) are writing the script.
No word yet on a director. Stay tuned for more.
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