Will Smith Brings Some Bite to the Story of Cain & Abel

Here's something extremely out of left field but could be cool if pulled off in the right way. Will Smith wants to do an epic re-telling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. Here's the twist. Apparently, God's curse on Cain for killing his brother is making him a vampire. Now we've seen this sort of thing before with Dracula 2000, but it sounds like there's some potential there. The actor will star in The Legend of Cain as the title character and will also be a producer.

Jada Pinkett Smith (his wife), James Lassiter, and Ken Stovitz will also produce through their Overstreet Entertainment company. The script was penned by Caleeb Pinkett (obviously a relative) and Dan Knauf. It's being revised by Andrea Berloff. A studio or director has not been attached yet.

According to Wikipedia, "in the Greek New Testament, Cain is referred to as 'from the evil one', while others have 'of the evil one.' Some interpreters take this to mean that Cain was literally the son of the serpent in the Garden of Eden. A parallel idea can be found in Jewish tradition, that the serpent from the Garden of Eden was father to firstborn Cain." Now, by all means, we're not adhering to such beliefs, but it sure could make for a nice movie.

Source: Deadline New York