Will Smith To Star As Nicky Barnes In Netflix’s ‘The Council’

October 11, 2019

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Will Smith is bringing the story of Nicky Barnes to the small screen thanks to Netflix.

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According to Deadline, the film is set to follow the notorious crime boss in a “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.”

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Deadline also repots, “Barnes, born Leroy Nicholas Barnes, was active during the 1970s leading an international drug trafficking ring, in partnership with the Italian-American mafia. He was arrested in 1978 and sentenced to life imprisonment, eventually becoming a federal informant, which led to the demise of The Council. Barnes died from cancer in 2012, however, his death was recently made known due to him being under witness protection.”

We’ve seen Will play just about every role over the last 20 years, including his newest film Gemini Man and the highly anticipated Bad Boys For Life, but do you think he can pull this one off? Our guess is yes!

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1. Beyoncé and Jay-Z

2. Whoopi Goldberg and her daughter Alex Martin

3. Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad

4. Samuel L. Jackson

5. Tina and Richard Lawson

6. Jermaine Dupri

7. Kirk and Tammy Franklin

8. Halle Berry

9. Colin Kapernick and his girlfriend Nessa

10. BeBe Winans

11. Tyler Perry

12. Ludacris and his wife Eudoxie

13. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon

14. Terrance Howard and his wife Miranda

15. Ava DuVernay

16. Tiffany Haddish

17. Tamela and David Mann

18. Blair Underwooda and his wife Desiree DaCosta

19. Michelle Williams

20. Gayle King

21. Vanessa Williams

22. Sheryl Lee Ralph

23. Loretta Devine

24. Michael Jai White and his wife Gillian

25. Kyla Pratt

26. Tamron Hall

27. Byron Allen and his wife Jennifer Lucas

28. Will Packer and his wife Heather

29. Julissa Bermudez

30. Geoffrey Owens

31. Tamera Mowry Housley

32. Bevy Smith

33. Jazmine Sullivan

34. Michael Ealy and his wife Khatira

35. Maxine Waters and Sid Williams

36. Debbi Morgan

37. Gladys Knight and William McDowell

38. 2 Chainz and his wife Keisha

39. Oprah and Stedman Graham

40. Charles Malik Whitfield

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42. Tyrese

43. Stacey Abrams

44. David Oyelowo

45. Maxwell

46. Shirley Caesar

47. Cookie Johnson

48. Johnny Gill

49. Patti LaBelle

50. Jeannie Mai and Jeezy

51. Keshia Knight Pulliam

52. Smoke Norful and his wife Carla

53. Chris Tucker

54. Lance Gross and his wife Rebecca

55. Kelly Rowland

56. Taraji P. Henson and her fiance Kelvin Hayden

57. Jenifer Lewis

58. Tika Sumpter

59. Kym Whitley and Tamala Jones

60. Cicely Tyson

61. La La Anthony

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