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14 articles from 2010
Will Smith and Denzel Washington Remaking 'Uptown Saturday Night'?
1 hour ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
If you want to ease the minds of film fans about a remake you're working on, just compare it to Ocean's 11. That's what Will Smith did back in 2002 when his production company bought the rights to Sidney Poitier's Uptown Saturday Night with plans to do an all-star African-American update on the 1974 classic that originally paired up Poitier and Bill Cosby. At the time, Smith mentioned casting Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Eight years later, according to Pajiba.com, the remake is in motion again, this time with Smith set to costar with Denzel Washington.
In the original, Cosby and Poitier play old buddies who are robbed during a nightclub hold-up and must solve the case in order to get back a winning lottery ticket that's in Cosby's wallet. The film also starred Richard Pryor, Harry Belefonte, Flip Wilson and Calvin Lockhart. If Smith's initial pitch can be continued, »
- Christopher Campbell
Smith, Washington team for 'Saturday Night'
2 hours ago | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Denzel Washington and Will Smith will work together for the first time on a remake of Uptown Saturday Night, according to Pajiba. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier starred in the original 1974 film, which centres on two friends who lose a winning lottery ticket on a night out and set out to recover it. Poitier also directed the comedy, which featured Harry Belafonte and Richard Pryor (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
Smith, Washington to team for 'Saturday Night'
2 hours ago | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Denzel Washington and Will Smith will work together for the first time on a remake of Uptown Saturday Night, according to Pajiba. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier starred in the original 1974 film, which centres on two friends who lose a winning lottery ticket on a night out and set out to recover it. Poitier also directed the comedy, which featured Harry Belafonte and Richard Pryor (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
Will Smith and Denzel Washington Heading Uptown Saturday Night?
4 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Way back in 2002, Will Smith purchased remake rights to Sidney Poiter and Bill Cosby’s 1970s comedy Uptown Saturday Night. Not much has been done since, however, it has been known for some time Denzel Washington and Smith have been searching for a project to work on. According Pajiba, Uptown Saturday Night could be it.
The original starred Poiter and Cosby has two friends who visit an illegal nightclub and have a winning lottery ticket taken from their wallets. Hilarity ensues!
Could this be the project fans have long waited for? The prospect of Will Smith starring alongside Denzel Washington in a film is a pretty brilliant idea: as long as it isn’t turned into a smug-fest by Smith and they actually turn in a decent script and film. Washington isn’t particularly well suited to comedy, although he was funny in Training Day (in a scary way). Smith »
- Martyn Conterio
Will Smith & Denzel Washington To Remake New Comedy Film?
9 hours ago | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »
We just got word that everyone’s favorite two actors are about to come together to jump into a hot comedy project!
We hear that actors Denzel Washington and Will Smith, arguably the two biggest stars on the planet, are having discussions about bringing a remake to the big screen- and get this- the film is Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby's 1974 comedy hit film Uptown Saturday Night.
Now if you just happened to miss the film, the original followed the misadventures of two friends who sneak out of their homes to visit a legendary - yet illegal - nightclub. But when the place is held up, and their wallets are taken, the pair must recover a winning lottery ticket that was lurking within Cosby's wallet.
Anyway, fast forward to 2002 and Will Smith bought the rights to the film and has been trying to remake the film ever since. »
- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
Denzel may bail out Will Smith on Uptown project
10 hours ago | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Denzel Washington may sign on for a remake of the Sidney Poitier directed comedy Uptown Saturday Night. Hollywood superstar Will Smith bought the remake rights to the story in 2002 and is working to develop the project. The original movie that starred Poitier and Bill Cosby tells the tale of two friends who have their wallets stolen after they sneak out to visit a legendary but illegal nightclub. The clincher is a winning lottery ticket in Cosby's wallet. Smith has reportedly held talks with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence about co-starring in the flick but the project has not had lift-off. »
- Philippa Bourke
Denzel Washington And Will Smith Teaming Up For Uptown?
10 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Bill Cosby once starred in a movie opposite Sidney Poitier. Unfortunately, I.ll only ever remember riding that ridiculous Ostrich in Leonard Part VI. But back in 1974 he was in Uptown Saturday Night with Poitier, a movie that.s about to be remade. The movie in question starred Cosby and Poitier as two men who sneak out to an illegal nightclub, have a winning lottery ticket stolen, and must recover it. Way back in 2002 Will Smith.s production company picked up the rights to it, intending to turn it into an all-black Ocean.s 11. Was there an all-white Ocean.s Eleven? I must have missed it. 2002 is a long time to wait but Pajiba now says there.s some movement on the project and the script is being rewritten by the guy who wrote Cop Out (note: not Kevin Smith) and they.ve attached Denzel Washington to the project. Presumably »
The Karate Kid HD Movie Trailer
11 hours ago | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Sony Pictures just released this HD movie trailer from the upcoming film “The Karate Kid” aka Kung Fu Kid by director Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2) and starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 3, Chinese Zodiac) and Jaden Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Pursuit of Happyness). Synopsis: Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars in this updated version of the 1980’s film that starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. While the new film will be set in Beijing, it will borrow elements of the original plot, wherein a bullied youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of an eccentric mentor. Jaden Smith’s character moves to Beijing with his [...] »
- Brian Corder
Clint Eastwood or George Clooney?
16 hours ago | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
A Clint Eastwood flick would make a better film to star in than a George Clooney rom com, say most Americans in an online poll. A veteran actor and director, Eastwood won out over the wildly popular Clooney for 20 percent of the respondents who were asked what kind of film they would like to star in. The choice, however, may have defeated some women, since both Eastwood and Clooney are heart-throb material. Clooney came in at 18 percent, while Cameron Diaz also scored 18 percent. She was followed by the choices of: an action movie with Will Smith, a comedy with Will Farrell or a drama with Meryl Streep. The 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair survey also found »
- Philippa Bourke
International Trailer for The Karate Kid (2010)
18 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Given that when I first heard about this project, my initial reaction was one of anger and disgust, I was surprised at how the first trailer for The Karate Kid was able to change my perspective on this highly controversial remake. I am occasionally guilty of being too opinionated but then, I am film critic so I suppose that comes with the territory.
If you missed the first trailer for The Karate Kid, which stars none other than Will Smith’s own son, Jaden Smith in the title role and Jackie Chan as his mentor, then this International trailer might be just what you need. There’s really nothing new here when compared to trailer #1 so I do feel it lacks any imagination, still it’s a good watch and it might make you think twice about condemning what looks to be a potentially good film.
Check it out below »
- Craig Sharp
Denzel Heading Uptown Saturday Night?
19 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Since buying the remake rights to the film in 2002, Will Smith has been trying to develop a new version of Sidney Poitier's 1974 comedy Uptown Saturday Night - and now Denzel Washington may well jump aboard the percolating pic. The original, which Poitier directed and in which he starred alongside Bill Cosby, followed the misadventures of two friends who sneak out of their homes to visit a legendary - yet illegal - nightclub.But when the place is held up, and their wallets are taken, the pair must recover a winning lottery ticket that was lurking within Cosby's wallet. Sadly for Smith, and despite sounding like a possible all-star African American Ocean's Eleven-style romp, very little has happened on the project since, even though Smith had talked with Eddie Murphy and (shudder) Martin Lawrence about co-starring.Now, however, Pajiba's sources say things could be heating up again with »
Daybreakers Review
3 January 2010 9:32 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The concept behind “Daybreakers” is reminiscent of “I Am Legend.” No, not the movie with Will Smith, but the book. In the near future, vampires have become the dominant society on the planet. Grocery stores are no longer relevant as human blood is the only form of nourishment that the vampires require. A vampire by the name of Charles Bromley (Sam Neill) is the head of a company that specializes in farming humans for their blood. The problem is that humans are nearing extinction and there aren’t that many of them left to farm. To keep his company afloat, he enlists the help of a scientist named Edward (Ethan Hawke) to come up with a blood supplement. Time and time again, Edward (poor choice of name) attempts to find another way of nourishing the vampire race, but fails…read more [BadGuyWins]
Usually guts and gore isn’t my thing. Horror »
- Allan Ford
Forget Pitt and Depp, the Star of 2009 is Sandra Bullock (According to Movie Theater Execs)
31 December 2009 6:14 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
There aren't many genuine movie stars left. Will Smith is one. There are arguments for George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt, but none of those three can reliably open a movie the way Smith can. Until the second half of this year it seems unlikely that anyone would have argued for Sandra Bullock as a genuine star. She hadn't been in a feature since 2007's The Premonition, and she hadn't been in a big feature for a few years prior to that. But two of her three films in 2009 did massive business, with The Blind Side qualifying as a genuine surprise hit. That performance led a group of theater-owning execs to name Sandra Bullock as the top-earning star of 2009. The Quigley Publishing Company (No relation to our own Adam Quigley) generates a couple of giant industry bibles every year (the International Motion Picture Almanac and the International Television and »
- Russ Fischer
Avatar Box Office: #1 for December, #6 for 2009
31 December 2009 5:08 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
According to Box Office Mojo, yesterday Avatar earned another $18.4 million at the Us/Canada box office. After 13 days out, the total domestic gross of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic now stands at $268.9m. Avatar is officially the top December opener ever (having surpassed Will Smith’s I Am Legend) and it’s the sixth biggest grosser of 2009, following Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($402.1m), the Daniel Radcliffe franchise Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Pete Docter’s Up, the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart-Taylor Lautner vehicle The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Hangover ($277.3m), starring Bradley Cooper. Internationally, Avatar earned $36.9m on Wednesday, for a total of $525.3m. Approximately two-thirds of the film’s overall revenue has come from [...] »
- Michelle Hutton
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