Jared Leto, fresh from winning an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, is in talks to replace Will Smith in sci-fi Brilliance.
Deadline reports that Leto is set to star alongside Noomi Rapace in the David Koepp-scripted film based on Marcus Sakey’s book, which “focuses on a world where a rare set of people are born with extraordinary abilities and are called ‘brilliants.’ At the center of the story is a federal agent with great hunting gifts who is drafted to track down a terrorist, another such brilliant who intends to start a civil war.”
If Leto signs on, it will be his first movie since his Best Supporting Actor Oscar win, and would be a major leading role for him. Dallas Buyers Club was his first film appearance for five years.
You can buy Brilliance in paperback for £5.51 at Amazon.co.uk.