Even though Will Smith has been busy looking at various film projects, it’s been awhile since we have actually seen him in a movie. Now, word has it that Smith is looking to star in the movie Joe which is a modern day telling of the Biblical character Job (pronounced Jobe for the non-Religious). Movie is written by the guys who wrote The Fighter so there definitely is some high pedigree to this project. One of the writers claim the following about the plot:

It’s about a man [who is living] the American dream.  He’s got the nice house, white picket fence, great kids, great wife, nice cars.  God and the devil get together every thousand years to bet on a man’s life, and the fate of the world is at stake. What all of us get hit with in a lifetime, this man gets hit with in one week.  And it’s about whether or not he can still pick himself up from that and survive it.  It’s a dramedy.  At it’s heart, it’s a comedy — but it’s got, obviously, a real dramatic core to it.

Let’s just hope for everyone’s sake this doesn’t end up like Bruce Almighty. And while we are at it, where is Bad Boys 3 and Men In Black 3D Will??