Jaden Smith will be playing a young alternate reality version of Kanye West in a new TV series Omniverse. According to Variety, the show will be a limited half-hour anthology series examining “the many doors of perception.”
The show will be West’s first dive into television, while Smith has been acting for a number of years now. His most recent works include roles in The Get Down and Skate Kitchen.
The TV series Omniverse will be executively produced by Kanye West, Jaden Smith and Scooter Braun.
The pilot episode was written by Lee Sung Jin, who stated:
“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.”
Both Smith and West played Coachella shows this year with Smith’s set featuring a guest performance from his father Will Smith, whilst West used the festival to present his Sunday Service performance to the crowd.
