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Martin Lawrence says Bad Boys 4 is still happening

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Following the fall-out from “the slap” Bad Boys 4 was one of a multitude of Will Smith projects to be put on the back-burner by studios, but now Martin Lawrence has come forward with a positive statement regarding the future of the duo’s blockbuster franchise.  2020’s Bad Boys for Life was one of the last […]

Netflix not moving forward with Bright 2

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As the fallout from ‘the slap’ continues to see Will Smith’s future projects cancelled, you can now add the sequel to David Ayer’s Bright to the pile, because it has been revealed that Netflix have cancelled plans to move forward with a follow-up to the 2017 action-fantasy. One Netflix’s first big-hitters, Bright was critically mauled […]

Harry Lennix says Will Smith should return his Best Actor Oscar after Chris Rock incident

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In the story that everyone has a take on, we now have Man of Steel star Harry Lennix offering his recent feelings about Will Smith’s Oscar controversy. Yes, Lennix was so moved by the situation that he turned to Variety and penned a piece regarding Will Smith and what he should do to atone for […]

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for ten years

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Despite resigning his membership in the wake of his on-stage slapping of Chris Rock, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that King Richard Best Actor winner Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for a ten-year period. Here’s the full statement from AMPAS President David Rubin and CEO Dawn […]

Sony reportedly puts Bad Boys 4 on pause after Will Smith’s Oscars slap

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It may have taken the best part of a decade to make it to the screen, but Bad Boys for Life proved to be a bigger-than-expected hit for Sony Pictures, with the buddy cop threequel grossing $426.5 million upon release – the most for any Hollywood movie in a pandemic-stricken 2020. As you might expect […]

Will Smith resigns from the Academy following Chris Rock Oscars slap

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Faced with the very real prospect of expulsion from the Academy following his actions at Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards, Best Actor winner Will Smith has announced that he has resigned his from his membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, stating that his on-stage assault of presenter Chris Rock “betrayed the trust […]

Will Smith offers apology for Chris Rock slap at the Oscars

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The beleaguered Academy Awards found itself grabbing headlines across the globe yesterday, although not for the reasons that the Academy would have liked as the soon-to-be-Oscar-winning Will Smith “smacked the shit out of” presenter Chris Rock live on stage less than an hour before picking up his Best Actor gong for King Richard. While the […]

Yes, Will Smith open-palmed Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. No, violence is not the answer

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Robert Kojder on the Will Smith and Chris Rock controversy from the 94th Academy Awards… Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars ceremony last night. This is not scripted professional wrestling. It was real. It all went down as the Best Documentary-presenting Chris Rock was cracking some jokes before getting to the nominees, […]

I Am Legend sequel in the works with Michael B. Jordan and a returning Will Smith

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The dream team of Michael B. Jordan and Will Smith just got their first big project together as the pair will produce and star in an upcoming sequel to 2007’s I Am Legend.  Deadline reports Warner Bros is in early development on the film, with Smith and Jordan boarding the project alongside original writer Akiva […]

Movie Review – King Richard (2021)

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King Richard, 2021. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring Will Smith, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit, Dylan McDermott, Judith Chapman, Katrina Begin, Erin Cummings, Andy Bean, Kevin Dunn, Craig Tate, Calvin Clausell Jr., Noah Bean, Vaughn W. Hebron, and Chet Grissom. SYNOPSIS: A look at how tennis superstars […]