Bright

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite scathing reviews from critics, Netflix has greenlit a sequel to “Bright,” with star Will Smith and director David Ayer expected to return. The streaming service announced the plans Wednesday, just two weeks after the fantasy police drama debuted. “Bright” is Netflix’s most ambitious and big-budget film yet, with estimates that […]

  Netflix released a new trailer for its Will Smith action-thriller “Bright.” Smith and co-star Joel Edgerton star as two LAPD police officers who form a most unlikely duo working to keep the mean streets of Los Angeles safe from a sinister underworld filled with gang violence and dark forces at work. David Ayer directs […]

During the Oscars on Sunday, Netflix revealed the first teaser trailer for its upcoming original film “Bright,” starring Will Smith. The movie is set in an alternate reality in which humans live alongside mythical creatures like orcs, elves, and fairies. Smith plays an LAPD cop who teams with the very first Orc officer (Joel Edgerton) […]

Netflix is not playing when it comes to acquiring blockbuster movies. Business Insider reports the movie and television-streaming network is gearing up to pay more than $90 million for “Bright,” a new movie starring Will Smith that will begin shooting in the fall. David Ayer will direct the cop thriller, which contains “fantastical elements.” According […]