• Jaden Smith Will Flee Slavery In 'The Good Lord Bird'

    In the novel The Good Lord Bird, the young slave Henry dresses in a sackcloth during an escape from violence, and subsequently takes advantage of being mistaken for a girl as he seeks freedom. It's not the role you might assume Jaden Smith would take to follow a couple of Karate Kid movies (the second…

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  • 'After Earth' Release Moved Up; Will Smith Courts More New Projects

    M. Night Shyamalan's new film and potential comeback After Earth has been moved up one week from June 7 to May 31. It's a good move on Columbia's part, as the Will Smith movie can very likely dominate that late May weekend, which is otherwise occupied by Now You See Me and The Purge. After…

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  • Will And Jaden Smith Are One With Nature In Latest 'After Earth' Poster

    Once upon a time, when M. Night Shyamalan was making a movie, his name was promoted above the title. Then he did The Happening and The Last Airbender. For his latest release, After Earth, his name is barely visible with a microscope. Which is probably a good thing when the film has one of, if not the biggest…

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  • 'After Earth' Trailer: Will Smith Teaches His Son To Fight Fear

    The first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth was a pretty tightly controlled thing, showing characters played by Will and Jaden Smith stranded on Earth in a future that has seen evolution turn decidedly against humans. This second trailer gives more context to the story, showing a bit of what the two guys were…

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  • 'After Earth' Trailer: Jaden Smith Is Forced To Survive On His Own

    Here's the international trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi picture After Earth, which stars Will Smith and son Jaden Smith as a father and son who are stranded on an Earth that has returned to a sort of wild, prehistoric state. The trailer opens with a hell of a sequence, and then settles into a…

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  • Plot Synopsis For M. Night Shyamalan's 'After Earth' Revealed

    Buried in the incredibly busy Saturday schedule for San Diego Comic-Con 2012 is a panel concerning M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, After Earth. The sci-fi film, which stars Will and Jaden Smith, seems like a natural fit for Comic-Con, but neither the director or its two leads will be in attendance. Instead, the panel will be…

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  • Sony Wants To Turn Jaden Smith Into A Teen Assassin

    Since The Karate Kid remake, Sony has been fully committed to being in the Jaden Smith business. Doesn't hurt that he's the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, or that his father is interested in making movies with his son. (Such as M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth, pictured above, which is shooting now.)…

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  • Jaden Smith Shows Off His 'After Earth' Costume

    M. Night Shyamalan recently started shooting his new film After Earth, in which a family crash lands on Earth one thousand years after humanity has vacated the planet. Will Smith plays a father who is captured by an Earth-dwelling force after the landing, leading his son (Jaden Smith) to mount an effort to save him.…

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  • M. Night Shyamalan's Will & Jaden Smith Movie Retitled 'After Earth'

    Polarizing director M. Night Shyamalan recently joined Twitter and revealed a few things about his upcoming collaboration with Will Smith. Back in April, it was announced Shyamalan would direct both Will and his son Jaden Smith in a movie tentatively titled One Thousand A.E. about what happens when a young boy and his father's spaceship…

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  • Will And Jaden Smith To Star In Sci-Fi Film Directed By M. Night Shyamalan

    Despite writing and directing a multiple Razzie award-winning film his last time out, M. Night Shyamalan has now officially bagged two major stars for his follow-up. Shyamalan had previously mentioned he was prepping a sci-fi film for Jaden Smith and that's just been made official, adding the news that Jaden will co-star with his father,…

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  • Jaden Smith Reveals Details About M. Night Shyamalan's 'One Thousand A.E.'

    Last month it was revealed that Jaden Smith had been cast in director M. Night Shyamalan's new project, a science fiction film scripted by ournalist-turned-screenwriter Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) titled One Thousand A.E. At the time we didn't know much about the project, with story details being kept tightly under wraps. The only…

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  • Kung Fu Panda Screenwriters Hired For Karate Kid Sequel

    Shortly after The Karate Kid was released in theaters, earning $56 million opening weekend (well surpassing expectations), it was announced that they were going to begin development on a sequel. Columbia Pictures executives have been meeting with screenwriters to pitch their ideas on a sequel. Tonight HeatVision is reporting that screenwriters Cyrus Voris and Ethan…

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  • Confirmed: Karate Kid Sequel In Development

    Yesterday Russ wrote about how the box office performance of The Karate Kid would probably lead to a sequel, with a comment from director Harold Zwart saying that ideas have been discussed. Now Deadline has confirmed our suspicions -- Columbia Pictures executives are meeting with screenwriters to pitch their ideas on a sequel. It seems…

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  • A Karate Kid Sequel? After This Weekend's Performance, Bet On It

    The Karate Kid easily owned the weekend box office in its debut outing, thrashing The A-Team by a margin of two dollars earned for every one taken by Joe Carnahan's TV revival. With Will Smith's son Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan earning $56m, well surpassing expectations, do you think there will be a sequel? In…

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