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*After more than a decade of delivering product through Sony Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment principals Will Smith and James Lassister have decided not to re-up their deal with the studio, insiders tell Variety.
The pact recently ended, and while there were rumors of Overbrook possibly moving its deal to Netflix, given the recent success of “Bright,” sources say Overbrook plans to stay independent, Variety reports.
The company remains partnered with Sony on several projects in development including “Harlem Hellfighters” and “Bad Boys For Life,” while also working on “Uptown Saturday Night” at Warner Bros. and “The City That Sailed” at Fox. Overbrook is also a producer on the YouTube Red “Karate Kid” series “Cobra Kai,” which is also a Sony project.
Overbrook and Sony go back nearly two decades and has produced such hits as “Hitch,” “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Hancock” and “The Karate Kid.” In recent years, Overbrook’s projects have underwhelmed with “Concussion” and “After Earth” both coming under box office expectations.
Overbrook and Smith are coming off the success of the Netflix feature film “Bright,” which was produced by Overbrook and starred Smith. As previously reported, Netflix has already begun development of a sequel starring Smith, following the news that more then 11 million people watched the pic over its first three days.
The company is currently in post-production on the indie “Life in a Year” starring Jaden Smith, and “Hala,” the story of a Muslim teen in Chicago.
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