Legendary is producing the adaptation while Julius Onah is attached to direct the project from a script by David Koepp.
The story takes place in a world where a minority set of people are born with extraordinary abilities and are called "brilliants". A panic sets in among the human majority, bringing the world to a civil war, which is exactly what a section of people want, said the Hollywood Reporter.
Smith is playing a federal agent, a brilliant with great hunting gifts who is drafted to hunt down a terrorist, another such brilliant, played by Rapace, who intends to start the civil war.