Will Smith

'2012': The End Again, By Kurt Loder

source: MTV Movies

Emmerich's best movie to date was 1996's "Independence Day." The reasons for this are instructive. "ID4," as you may recall it being called, had a highly personable top-rank star, Will Smith. The "2012" actors are all fine, but they lack A-list presence. "ID4" was witty (this one's pretty mi...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Emmerich Wants to Celebrate 'Independence Day' Again. And Again. - Film School Rejects

source: filmschoolrejects.com

Film School Rejects (blog) Emmerich Wants to Celebrate 'Independence Day' Again. And Again. Film School Rejects (blog) The question is, could Will Smith take time off from making a sequel to a film that came out in 1997 (Men In Black) to make a sequel to a film that came out ... and more »

Published Thu, Nov 12

Emmerich Rewrites History, the Future (After Destroying Earth)

source: Wired

Independence Day 2 The scoop: Emmerich has a script for Independence Day 2. One of the great things about the director is that he isn’t downplaying the reasons why the movie has yet to be made: 20th Century Fox isn’t willing to shell out the big bills for superstar Will Smith, nor is it interes...

Published Wed, Nov 11

Steven Spielberg/Will Smith OLDBOY Adaptation Dead; Smith Considering FLOWERS ... - Collider.com

source: collider.com

Steven Spielberg/Will Smith OLDBOY Adaptation Dead; Smith Considering FLOWERS ... However, Will Smith will not be denied. Rumored to be in talks for sequels to Independence Day, Men in Black II, and Bad Boys II, Pajiba is reporting that ... Will Smith Picking Flowers for Algernon?MovieWeb

Published Tue, Nov 10

Desperate Housewives Rumor

source: Oh No They Didn't!

Having Will Smith will also allow Desperate Housewives to display more diversity: this is something the show has been lacking for quite a long time. We wish that Will Smith or another African American character would be given a more prominent and less controversial role, but this is defin...

Published Tue, Oct 27

Jamie Foxx on Bringing Justice, Shenehneh and Tyson to Big Screen

source: BV on Movies

While speaking to Black Voices, Foxx talked about his reason for doing the film, bringing his character Shenehneh to the big screen and playing Mike Tyson. Do you think the decision your character, a lawyer, made in the beginning of the film, which sets Gerard Butler's character off, was t...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Q & A with Park Chan-Wook

source: Oh No They Didn't!

It is always difficult, especially with cultural differences, as some character is always lost in translation. Park Chan-Wook explains how bilingual people often approach him and question him, saying “great film, but the translation is terrible”, but if they tried to do it themselves...

Published Tue, Oct 13

What Has Been Holding 'Independence Day 2' From Happening

source: Aceshowbiz.com

Director Roland Emmerich spills in recent interview that he and his screenwriting partner Dean Devlin are set to do a sequel to his 1996 sci-fi, but won't do it without original star Will Smith.

Published Tue, Oct 13