A Piece of the Action (film)

A Piece of the Action is a 1977 comedy crime film starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Poitier also directed the film. This was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby following Uptown Saturday Night and Lets Do It Again, and Poitiers last acting role for more thanyears, as he focused his attentions on just directing. The film also stars James Earl Jones.

In 2002, it was announced that Will Smith and his production company, Overbrook Entertainment, had secured the rights to the trilogy for remakes to star Smith and to be distributed by Warner Bros.. Smith stated that he hoped to get Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and other famous AfricanAmerican stars to be in the films.

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