Will Smith to Star in Upcoming Netflix Film 'The Council'

Will Smith is taking on a new role!

The 50-year-old Aladdin actor will star in the upcoming Netflix film The Council, Deadline reported on Tuesday (September 24).

Will will play New York City crime boss Nicky Barnes in the movie.

This is also Will’s first time reuniting with Concussion director Peter Landesman.

Here’s a plot summary: “The Council tells the never-before-told story of a crime syndicate consisting of seven African-American men who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and early 80s. No ordinary crime syndicate – the men dreamed of a self-sufficient and self-policing African American city-state, funded by revolutionizing the drug game. The movie centers on the Shakespearean court intrigue between The Council’s king, Nicky Barnes, dubbed “Mr. Untouchable” by the New York Times, and all the different members as one unlikely rising protégé emerges.”