The show, produced by West, will find Jaden portraying an alternate reality version of Kanye.
Jaden Smith will play an alternate reality version of Kanye West in a forthcoming Showtime series, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety report. According to the reports, the half-hour anthology series, titled “Omniverse,” will “:examine the many doors of perception.” Kanye West, Jaden Smith, Scooter Braun, and writer Lee Sung Jin are reportedly among the show’s executive producers. Read a statement from Lee Sung Jin below:
I’m honored and thrilled to be collaborating with everyone involved to present an alternate world through the eyes of a young man somewhere in the multiverse who happens to also be a Kanye West. Omniverse is not set in our world nor about our world’s Kanye West as we aim to add a new spin on alternate realities, consciousness, and push the limits of half hour narrative.
Jaden Smith’s recent acting credits include Netflix’s “Neo Yokio” and “The Get Down.” His latest album, SYRE, came out in 2017. Will you be tuned in to see Jaden as Kanye? Do you think he’s a good match for Ye?
