Will Smith and Son Jaden To Do Sci-Fi Film With M. Night Shyamalanby Wilson Morales
April 4, 2011
Will Smith, who’s no stranger to the sci-fi genre, will team up with his son Jaden in an untitled futuristic science fiction adventure film that will be directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
The story takes place far in the future where a young boy has to navigate an abandoned planet on a space ship that has crashed. On board is his estranged father.
Shymalan wrote the script with Gary Whitta, and Overbrook’s James Lassiter, Smith, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith will produce with Shyamalan, stated Deadline.com.
Shyamalan talked about the project some last fall when he was promoting ‘The Last Airbender,’ when the project went under the title ‘One Thousand A.E.’ Back then, Will Smith was only supposed to produce, but now he’s set to star as well. He’s currently starring in a third installment of ‘Men in Black 3,’ a film that halted production for rewrites and just got started again.
Will and Jaden starred together in ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ at Sony Pictures, who will distribute their new film.
Jaden last appeared in the 2010 reboot of ‘The Karate Kid,’ which grossed nearly $400 worldwide.
Shyamalan hasn’t had the best of luck at the box office lately. Since blazing on the Hollywood scene with the 1999 blockbuster ‘The Sixth Sense,’ his subsequent films haven’t met the same success with fans. His last directorial effort, 2010’s ‘The Last Airbender’ while successful at the box office, was met with negative reception by critics and fans and won five Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture in 2011.
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