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Jay-Z, Will and Jada Smith Annie Remake Won’t Be Called ‘Annie’

May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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It appears Jay-Z, Will and Jada Smith are planning to take some creative liberties with their Annie remake film.  In fact, it may not be called “Annie” at all.

The upcoming film, stars the awarding-winning actors Quvenzhane Wallis and  Jamie Foxx. Recently it was announced Foxx would play a variation of the original character Daddy Warbucks who will be called Benjamin Stacks in the remake.

According to the union casting notice obtained by the good people over at Playbill.com, many of the other character’s names will also be changed, including the title character. | Full Story

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‘Men In Black 4′ Is A Go!!!

May 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Sony is not quite done milking the cash cow known as the Men in Black franchise. The studio is currently in the early development stage of Men in Black 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise since, unlike the second installment, Men in Black 3 was a box office success last summer that was warmly received by moviegoers and critics alike.   The time-traveling threequel raked in $624 million, earning the franchise its highest ever worldwide gross. | Full Story

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After Earth Trailer: Ten Moments That Make This Movie Worth Watching

April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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After Earth, staring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith opens in theaters June 7th, 2013, and so far Sony Pictures has released two trailers to promote the film. After watching both trailers we have captured ten moments that may require a second look, and also suggest that After Earth is going to be a must see movie.

If you don’t know already the story begins when a crash-landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden) and his legendary father Cypher (Will) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. | Full Story

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Will Smith To Play Hurricane Katriana Hero In ‘American Can’

April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Will Smith has been neglecting his acting career so he could prep his son Jaden Smith to follow in his superstar footsteps. This is evident in his upcoming project After Earth, where daddy Smith plays a background  to son’s lead in the film. Now it looks like the absentee star will return focus back to himself, agreeing to star in the Hurricane Katrina drama, The American Can.

We reported on Thursday that Warner Bros. | Full Story

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Will Smith In Talks For ‘Focus’ …But Kristen Stewart Walks

April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Warner Bros.’ new heist film Focus has been plagued with so many casting problems and for a moment it looked like Will Smith and Kristen Stewart would be locking lips as the film leads.

The screenplay from Crazy Stupid Love authors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa originally constructed the roles for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, but due to scheduling conflicts they were unable to do the film. The roles were subsequently given to Ben Affleck and Stewart. | Full Story

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Django Unchained: Will Smith Opens Up About Turning Down Role

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Django Unchained: Will Smith Dishes On Why He Ditched The Slave Movie

Will Smith plays second fiddle to no one!

There has been much speculation on why Will Smith passed on Django Unchained after director Quentin Tarantino publicly stated that Smith was his first choice for the title role.

In an interview with EW, the actor set things straight saying that he turned down the role because he would have been a supporting actor to Christoph Waltz’s lead. “Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. | Full Story

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New Poster for ‘After Earth’

March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Sony Pictures has tweeted a new poster for After Earth, which repeats the movie’s tagline, “Danger is Real, Fear is a Choice.” Which is completely and utterly untrue, and quite annoying. But whatever. The promotion for the film continues (wisely) to downplay the fact that M. Night Shyamalan is directing, and instead focuses on father and son stars Will and Jaden Smith.

A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. | Full Story

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New ‘After Earth’ Trailer Will Rock Your Socks

March 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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After weeks of teasing, Sony Pictures has just released the latest trailer to the Will and Jaden Smith’s action adventure,  After Earth, which hits theaters this Spring/Summer.

Director and writer M. Night Shyamalan is at it again with his latest epic sci-fi journey which spans from humanity’s last refuge on a far away planet, Nova Prime, to Earth, a world devoid of human life after an apocalyptic event destroys it. | Full Story

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‘After Earth’ Poster Shows Jaden Smith Facing The New World

December 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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The first official After Earth poster has been released. The new image for the film shows Jaden Smith and the background of the earth, circling the story which will be told in the film.

As Jaden’s character’s dad gets seriously hurt, the young man goes on a journey to find help in a world that has become really dangerous for humans to wander. The poster helps to highlight the dangers that awaits Jaden as he looks to what may be trouble for him in the movie. | Full Story

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‘After Earth’ Trailer Finally Released (Starring Will & Jaden Smith)

December 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
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Columbia Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment released the first International trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth. The film features Will Smith and son Jaden Smith as General Cypher Raige and Kitai.

In After Earth, humans are forced to abandon earth after a cataclysmic event. During their departure of being gone for over 1,000 years, the wildlife took over as rulers of the land. The story finds a father and son, who crash lands on this new dangerous earth. | Full Story

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