LOS ANGELES, April 26 — The American actor could be set to star in the double-Oscar-winning Taiwanese director's next movie, Gemini Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

After being announced as a jury member at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, Tuesday, April 25, Will Smith is back in the headlines again April 26. The Independence Day star is reportedly in talks to take the lead role in Gemini Man, a sci-fi thriller that Ang Lee is currently in negotiations to direct. The role promises a breathtaking battle between an aging assassin and his clone, who is 25 years younger and at the peak of his physical and mental capacities. The project has been gathering dust at Disney for 20 years. When first proposed in 1997, Tony Scott was lined up to direct, but technology available at the time didn't permit the special effects necessary to bring the story to the big screen. Actors including Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood were floated for the cast. The movie was revived in October when the project was picked up by Skydance and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. It now remains to be seen whether Will Smith can find time in his busy schedule to film the movie. The actor is already signed up to star in a Bad Boys sequel, scheduled for November 2018, as well as the live-action version of Aladdin, directed by Guy Ritchie for Disney. Ang Lee — crowned with Best Director Oscars in 2006 and 2013 for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi — is also working on Thrilla in Manilla, based on the third and final boxing match between Mohamed Ali and Joe Frazier. — AFP-Relaxnews