Tom Jolliffe looks at the current fascination with de-aging and digital resurrections… There have been plenty of annoying movie trends in Hollywood over the years. They tend to come and go. 3D was a novelty that didn’t quite work in the 80’s, which was more recently revolutionised by James Cameron (after another brief period of […]
Independence Day: Resurgence director blames Will Smith for the film’s failures
Roland Emmerich, the director of Independence Day: Resurgence, has blamed Will Smith and Suicide Squad for the film’s disappointments. Many fans of the classic Will Smith film Independence Day had been waiting a very long time for a sequel to be made. They finally got their wish with the 2016 film Independence Day: Resurgence but, […]
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in action in new Bad Boys For Life trailer
With its January release creeping closer, Sony Pictures have revealed a new action-packed trailer for directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s action comedy threequel Bad Boys for Life which sees Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their roles as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett; check it out here… The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will […]
Will Smith developing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air spinoff
According to a report over at THR, Will Smith is currently developing a spinoff to the classic 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which will be produced through his recently formed Westbrook Media digital content studio. The original sitcom ran for six seasons on NBC between 1990 and 1996 and saw Smith portraying a […]
Will Smith’s Gemini Man bombs at the box office
Coming off the biggest hit of his career in Disney’s Aladdin, Will Smith may now be about to suffer one of his biggest bombs, with the Ang Lee-directed sci-fi action thriller Gemini Man opening to just $59.5 million worldwide in its opening weekend. The $138 million-budgeted film, which sees Smith playing an assassin who finds […]
Movie Review – Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man, 2019. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Linda Emond, Theodora Miranne, Justin James Boykin, Alexandra Szucs, and Douglas Hodge. SYNOPSIS: An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself. There are only two semi-intriguing scenes in Gemini Man, and neither of them involves […]
Will Smith wishes he could tell his younger self to take The Matrix role
Will Smith has stated that he wishes he could tell his younger self to take The Matrix role. During an interview on the red carpet for Gemini Man, the new Ang Lee action thriller which pits Smith’s assassin against his younger clone, the actor was asked what advice he would give his younger self if he could. […]
Video Review – Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man, 2019. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, and Benedict Wong. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Gemini Man, a new film from Ang Lee that stars Will Smith in two roles. EJ dives into Ang Lee’s skills as a director, the very ’90s […]
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are Bad Boys for Life on new poster for action comedy sequel
A new poster has arrived online for the upcoming action comedy threequel Bad Boys for Life featuring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, who reprise their roles as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett in this follow-up to 1995’s Bad Boys and its 2003 sequel Bad Boys II; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer […]
Will Smith to lead crime drama The Council for Netflix
After scoring the biggest hit of his career this year with Disney’s Aladdin, Will Smith is set to reunite with his Concussion director Peter Landesman for The Council, a crime drama set up at Netflix. The Council will tell the true story of an African-American crime syndicate who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and 80s, […]