Cue the groans and eye rolls. Director Roland Emmerich is reuniting with actor Will Smith to turn their 1996 summer blockbuster ‘Independence Day’ into a complete trilogy. One begs the question. Why? I’ll tell you why, ‘Independence Day’ was a huge success, and probably one of the biggest event films in my lifetime. Does that …
For whatever reason, Sony Pictures has decided to rush a third Men in Black film to begin shooting in 2010. The script is being written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder), no word whether Barry Sonnenfeld will return to the directors chair, or if Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will return as the title characters.
Will Smith fans rejoice, because Columbia Pictures is hoping that the action star will be reuniting with Martin Lawrence for a third ‘Bad Boys’ movie. The studio tapped writer Peter Craig to write the new screenplay. The studio also hopes that director Michael Bay would also sign on to make the trilogy. The first film …
Richard Matheson’s well-known short science fiction story, ‘I Am Legend,’ returned to the big screen, in a larger, louder and, frankly, a lot less fun.
Will Smith once again has proved his star power with a $107.3 million dollar debut weekend (5 1/2 days), taking its place as the third-biggest Independence Day opener, trailing just behind “Transformers,” and “Spider-Man 2.”