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According to Deadline, the star hopes to play Cain in the movie, which he is co-producing with Overbrook Entertainment partners James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Caleeb Pinkett, Dan Knauf and Andrea Berloff are behind the script, which is said to feature a "vampiric twist".
A studio or director has not been announced for the project.
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