Posts Tagged ‘Will Smith’
Update: Men in Black III trailers one and two on the web
One of the best mainstream science-fiction series, Men in Black, has returned, and we've got a trailer to show you. UPDATE: There's now a second trailer, below the first! Enjoy! There are so many good things to say about the previous two films that I don't know where to start. The pairing of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The concept of...
I Am Legend sequel could be coming soon
Will Smith could return as our favourite pumped, zombie-fighting scientist in a sequel to the post-apocalyptic film, I Am Legend. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers have recently signed a deal with Overbrook Entertainment to produce another Legend film. It is thought that screenwriter Arash Amel (The Expatriate)...
Karate Kid 2 gets new writer
Will Smith's vehicle for his son aka The Karate Kid sequel, is back in motion. They have switched writers from Kung Fu Panda's Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff to Zac Penn. We were all a bit baffled when we watched the re-imagined Karate Kid, because ... there was no karate in it. Based loosely on and marketed as an updated version of the...
Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo may join Will Smith’s 1000 A.E.
Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo are tentatively being linked to roles in 1000 A.E., Will Smith's next film after Men in Black III. This will be a sci-fi, set far in the future when Earth has become inhospitable. Man no longer lives on the desolate planet, however in true Will Smith-style the star of the film crash lands on the planet with...
Sacha Baron Cohen chosen by Tarantino for Django Unchained
Django Unchained, the latest film coming direct from the brain of Quentin Tarantino, will feature Ali G, Borat and Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen. It's been a while since we last spoke about Django, but it's totally worth the wait. Despite Will Smith no longer in the running for the title role - that honour has now gone to the prolific Jamie...
Clint Eastwood to cast Leonardo DiCaprio opposite Beyoncé?
Leonardo DiCaprio may be set to star opposite Beyoncé in the upcoming remake of A Star is Born. Clint Eastwood is currently on board to direct the remake of A Star is Born, which follows the story of an ageing alcoholic actor, who becomes the mentor to a bright young starlet. Fredric March and Janet Gaynor starred as the original pairing...
Emma Thompson to team with Will Smith and Jay-Z for Annie?
Emma Thompson could be set to write the script for Will Smith and Jay-Z's 're-imagining' of the musical, Annie. It was announced back in January that Will Smith planned to remake the 1952 musical comedy, Annie, with Smith's daughter, Willow, in the lead role. The original film was, of course, based on a hit Broadway musical, which...
Real Life Fathers of Film
Every so often we get to see real life family relationships play out on the big screen, from brothers and sisters, to parents and their children. With Fathers Day just a few days away, we thought we'd take a look at some classic examples of some on-screen dads playing the parents to their real life children within the world of filmmaking....
Tarantino after Will Smith for “Django Unchained”
Quintin Tarantino is a man of many talents, though one of them was recently not judging the Venice Film Festival. However, he now wants the legendary Will Smith for his latest project. Whether you're a Tarantino fan or not, there's no doubting that he's a writer/director worthy of a significant amount of respect. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs...
Top ten TV-to-movie stars
This week sees the release of The Roomate. To be honest it's had some pretty terrible reviews and there's not much to say about it other than it's a terrible rip off of Single White Female. What is worth mentioning is that it stars Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester who is trying to make her move from the small screen to the big screen. It seems it...
Will and Jaden Smith to star in sci-fi film
Will Smith and son Jaden are to star in a sci-fi film together. This isn't the first time they've been in a film together, the pair starred in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006, where they played father and son. They will take the roles of father and son again, but this time the film is about a son trying to save himself and his father...
It’s a knock-out: top ten best boxing films
With the upcoming release of biographical boxing flick The Fighter, everyone's got their head in the game, their mouth guard in, and the go-get-'em attitude for one more round. But before that, a few inspirational movies,...
Will Smith to remake Annie?
Rumour has it that Will Smith is going to remake the 1982 classic musical Annie, with guess who taking the lead? Yup, you guessed it, daughter and 'Whip Your Hair' singer, Willow. Smith's company Overbrook Entertainment are thought to be taking it on and Jay Z may be working on the music. The Smith family are no strangers to Jay Z...
Page 3 girl Keeley Hazell in online British film
Britain's number one Page Three girl, Keeley Hazell, who we all know and love, is in a film, yes you heard right, a film! Her first role is in a short film called Venus and the Sun, which is a contemporary, comic retelling of the Venus and Adonis myth. The ancient Greek myth tells of Venus, the beautiful goddess of love, who falls in love...
Trailer for Last Night starring Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington
The trailer was released today for Last Night, which sees Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington being more than a little tempted - and not by each other... Knightley and Worthington play a married couple whose relationship is put to the test when he spends the weekend with an attractive work colleague, and she finds herself being pursued...
I love you, man: top ten buddy-cop films
Two friends, two badges, an army of enemies and a big baddie, and a lot of fire-power - The Other Guys is out this month, to add to the buddy-cop film list. But which are the other ten worth a watch? Most of us are more than happy to settle down and take in a buddy-cop film. The themes of friendship, comedy (sometimes dark, sometimes absent),...
Men in Black III to begin filming in September
Old and busted, meet the new hotness. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are reprising their roles as Agents J and K respectively in the third outing of the black comedy-sci-fi, Men in Black III. With a considerable eight years between this version of the MIB franchise and the last one which came out in 2002, it's going to come with a fair few...
The Karate Kid London Première
Last night the Smith family descended on London for the première of The Karate Kid. Jaden Smith, who is the main star along with Jackie Chan, walked the red carpet like a true movie star in the making. In fact, throughout the event he looked cooler than dad Will, who is one of the producers of the film along with his mum Jada...
