WILL SMITH TO PLAY HURRICANE KATRINA HERO IN "THE AMERICAN CAN"

Blockbuster actor Will Smith has reportedly been chosen to produce and possibly star in the upcoming film The American Can based on Hurricane Katrina.

The rapper-turned-actor will likely star as Katrina hero John Keller.
Keller, the 6-foot-7 ex-Marine who rescued 244 of his neighbors at the American Can Company apartment complex in Mid-City and emerged as one of the memorable heroes of Hurricane Katrina, will be the subject of a feature film expected to star Will Smith as Keller. Overbrook executive Jeff Sommerville confirmed that Smith is likely to play the role and has also decided to co-produce the film. The writer and director of the project will be John Lee Hancock.