Entertainment News Will Smith Tackles the NFL in 'Concussion'

[WATCH] Will Smith Tackles the NFL in ‘Concussion’

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Watch the new trailer for Will Smith’s new movie ‘Concussion’

“You’re going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week.”

On Monday, Sony Pictures gave Sports Illustrated’s Peter King an exclusive look at Concussion, a movie about Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man largely responsible for discovering CTE. The Nigerian-born doctor ultimately made his discovery about brain injuries after performing an autopsy on Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Webster.

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Peter King spoke with director Peter Landesman, about why he made the movie and his opinion on the NFL. Landesman, argues he is telling a stroy but does not “feel responsible or connected to the consequences.”

I have no position on whether or not people should play football or whether they should have their kids play football. To me, this is a story about making adult choices. Once you have the information—and the information has been obscured for a long time, it’s been buried and covered up by people who don’t want to damage the sport—the information is now out there and I hope this movie brings together the information in a way that the general public can metabolize and now make their own decisions.

Concussion features Will Smith and hits theaters on Christmas 2015.

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