Hollywood trades are reporting that Will Smith may star in a film adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi book series "I, Robot." Alex Proyas ("Dark City") is slated to direct the Twentieth Century Fox project.
Production is scheduled to begin in the spring, with John Davis, Lawrence Mark and Topher Dow producing. Adapted by Jeff Vintar, "Robot" revolves around a society in which robots function alongside human beings in a servile capacity and are both harmless and helpful. The story line centers on a technophobic police officer (Smith) who is called in to investigate a murder that he believes was committed by a robot and uncovers a giant conspiracy.
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