First Look: ‘Bright’ Photos with Joel Edgerton as an Orc Cop

Bright Orc Cop Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton plays Orc Cop Nicolas Jakoby in ‘Bright’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)

Netflix has unveiled the first photos of Joel Edgerton as Orc Police Officer Nicolas Jakoby in Bright. The sci-fi action thriller co-stars Will Smith as Scott Ward, Jakoby’s human partner, with Netflix targeting a December 2017 premiere. Directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch) from a script by Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency‘s Max Landis, the cast also includes Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Olivieri, and Kenneth Choi.


Netflix released the first three official photos from Bright along with a faux press release announcing Jakoby’s hiring: “Today, the South Central Los Angeles Police Force announced that Nicolas Jakoby, the first ever Orc Police Officer, joined the department solidifying their commitment to diversity and their acceptance of all communities and races. Jakoby will be partnering with the esteemed Human Officer Scott Ward and providing much needed insight into the Orc community in the Los Angeles area.”

A quote from Captain Perez (played by Andrea Navedo) was also included in the press release. “Orcs have been a part of our society for over a millennia and we welcome all who are ready and willing to serve on the force. Jakoby will be an excellent partner to Ward,” said Perez.

The Plot: Set in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves and fairies have been coexisting since the beginning of time, this action-thriller follows two cops from very different backgrounds. Ward, a human (Will Smith), and Jakoby, an orc (Joel Edgerton), embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.

Bright stars Joel Edgerton and Will Smith
Joel Edgerton and Will Smith in ‘Bright’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Bright star Will Smith
Will Smith in ‘Bright’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)