Will Smith to Partner David Oyelowo on Film Adaptation

Will Smith’s production house, Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon is partnering to produce the film adaptation of ‘Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun’.

The novel set to be published in June follows the story of a teenager who learns she has powers and travels to Nigeria to learn more about her origins.

The book has been described as the love child of ‘Black Panther’ and ‘X-Men’ or ‘Percy Jackson’, and will be published by Simon & Schuster in the US and UK.