Following the success of 1997's Men in Black , Will Smith was quickly attached or reportedly attached to several projects at Universal, none of which have yet been produced, and he's now involved with completely different projects at various levels. One of those projects that seemed to have fallen by the wayside is K-PAX , now revived as a movie to star Kevin Spacey of all people. They tend towards the treacly side, and with a script by the writer of The Mighty , this one might lean that way as well. Universal is aiming for an Oscar-friendly release date in the fall of 2001. Well, we have our Dr. Gene Brewer in the form of Jeff Bridges.
Bridges seems well-cast.
Alfre Woodard has signed on to play the boss of Bridges' character. Universal is aiming for October 5th, 2001. The official site is now active. I suspect the trailer will be there soon, but until it is, MSN has it.