Nick Cannon will star in "Extra Protection," a buddy action-comedy that Overbrook Entertainment partners James Lassiter and Will Smith are in negotiations to produce for Universal Pictures. Cannon wrote the script and also will executive produce. Universal's vice chairman of worldwide production Scott Stuber and executive vp production Donna Langley will oversee the project for the studio.

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