According to Variety, Will Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz of Overbrook Entertainment are all teaming up with Debbie Allen to produce a film about African-American neuroscience professor Dr. S. Allen Counter. Farhad Safinia has been tapped to pen the script.
Smith has worked with Dr. Counter in the past for projects for Haiti relief. Dr. Counter is the current director of the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University and he is a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.