Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en) is in final talks to star in the spinoff series Lucy, based on the 2014 action movie of the same name in which he starred opposite Scarlett Johansson. The plot of the series is being kept under wraps, but the film saw Johansson portraying a woman who gains psychokinetic skills when a drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. Freeman is expected to reprise his role as the wise Professor Norman in the spinoff series.
Here’s the film’s full synopsis:
Unlucky Lucy (Johansson), a twenty-four-year-old American student in Taipei, finds herself coerced into working as a drug mule for Taiwan’s most dangerous man: the powerful Korean drug lord, Mr Jang. Having no other choice, Lucy is unwillingly subjected to a quick operation, where a synthetic, highly experimental drug is implanted inside her lower abdomen to transport it in Europe. However, when the potent blue chemical leaks into her bloodstream, the lethal dose will initiate a mind-boggling development of her cerebral activity, unlocking extraordinary skills, and unfathomable abilities that extend past the typical 10% of brain use. More and more, Lucy’s superpowers grow stronger by the minute; but, no one knows what will happen next. Will Lucy unlock the secrets of the fully operational human mind?
This was a good movie, but I don’t know that we need it in series form. Are you looking forward to a series based on this story?