{"id":185970,"date":"2025-11-17T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/185970\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:32:10","slug":"will-smith-grateful-for-an-opportunity-to-redeem-himself-with-new-paramount-deal-after-oscars-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/185970\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Grateful For an \u2018Opportunity to Redeem Himself\u2019 With New Paramount Deal After Oscars Slap"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s do-or-die time for showbiz pariah Will Smith<\/strong>, sources say \u2014 as he desperately tries to resuscitate his battered Hollywood career with a humongous new deal.<\/p>\n

Now sources tell Globe he\u2019s working himself and his staff into a frenzy as he struggles to come back after slapping Chris Rock<\/strong> at the 2022 Oscars put him in a Tinseltown time-out.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to a new mega-money deal with production giant Paramount, his company Westbrook will roll out a slew of big-budget films \u2014 with none other than 57-year-old Will in starring roles, per Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill is delighted he\u2019s got this opportunity to redeem himself. It\u2019s the break he\u2019s been praying for and he\u2019s hell-bent on not screwing it up!\u201d an insider reveals.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s cracking the whip on everyone around him and if people aren\u2019t willing to match his intensity, they\u2019ll get their marching papers in no time. Will is being absolutely ruthless and saying that\u2019s the only way this is going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As readers know, Will and his spouse of 26 years, Jada Pinkett Smith<\/strong>, 54, have been living separate lives for years but she remains actively involved in his production company.<\/p>\n

Adds the insider, \u201cEven though Jada has a meaningful financial stake in Will\u2019s studio, it\u2019s becoming a one-man show in terms of its mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake, the purpose of this company is to make blockbuster movies that star Will.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After breaking out with Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will amassed a whopping $350 million fortune with hits that included Men in Black, Independence Day, the Bad Boys franchise and I, Robot.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing forward, Will is looking for action comedies, thrillers and sci-fi spectacles \u2014 the kind of films that made him a superstar in the first place,\u201d adds the insider.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe whole \u2018slap\u2019 incident feels like ancient history, but Will is still pressuring everybody around him to impress Paramount\u2019s new owner, David Ellison<\/strong>, who\u2019s been a Will Smith fan since grade school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid has made a huge bet on Will, and it\u2019s time for Will and his team to deliver. Failure is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story Will Smith Grateful For an \u2018Opportunity to Redeem Himself\u2019 With New Paramount Deal After Oscars Slap<\/a> first appeared on Globe<\/a>. Add Globe as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s do-or-die time for showbiz pariah Will Smith, sources say \u2014 as he desperately tries to resuscitate his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,100700,36518,18,117,2445,19,17,36989,5997,104580,23668],"class_list":{"0":"post-185970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-chris-rock","10":"tag-david-ellison","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-getty-images","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-jada-pinkett-smith","17":"tag-paramount","18":"tag-production-company","19":"tag-will-smith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115567181881387598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}