Director/producer Antoine Fuqua and his Fuqua Films and actor/producer Will Smith and his media company Westbrook Inc. have decided to move production of their upcoming film Emancipation from the State of Georgia due to the newly-enacted voting restrictions passed by the state legislature and signed by the Governor. Fuqua and Smith stated: “At this moment …
Will Smith today shared a first look at the upcoming The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special from the Westbrook Media taping today on the 30th anniversary of the iconic series. Smith was joined by series regulars Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Alfonso Ribeiro as well as recurring co-star DJ …
Peacock has ordered two seasons of the series adaptation of Morgan Cooper’s lauded fan film Bel-Air. The announcement was made today by Will Smith via his social media channels. You can watch both the Will Smith announcement and the Bel-Air fan film below. Cooper will direct, co-write and serve as co-executive producer alongside writer, showrunner …
January tends to be a dumping ground for movies. Everyone’s wrapped up in awards talk, and studios are busy pushing their films for Oscar consideration. Sometimes as a critic I wonder if studios can walk and chew gum at the same time, much less release a big budget action film in January while trying to …
For all the questions about the nature of humanity inherent in the premise, no one has yet made a good movie about cloning. From The 6th Day to Never Let Me Go to even Parts: The Clonus Horror or Duncan Jones’ superior Moon, everyone who comes into contact with the subject seems to prefer it …
Gemini Man, starring Will Smith, Clive Owen and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, opens in theaters on October 11, and we got a chance to check out the press conference featuring director Ang Lee, Smith, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Owen, Weta VFX supervisor Guy Williams, and VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer. Gemini Man is an innovative action-thriller starring Will Smith (Disney’s Aladdin, Suicide …
During the press conference for the highly-anticipated live-action adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin, we got to learn more about how actor Will Smith approached the role of Genie, especially since Robin Williams’ performance left such a huge mark on Disney animated history. More importantly, we learned how composer Alan Menken’s music helped Smith start acclimating into the …
Much has been made in recent years of Disney’s decision to start converting its properties into live-action films. Many arguments have been made about this decision, with many even wondering what is the point. I would argue that the point of an adaptation is to not only bring the story to life but to sometimes …