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M. Night Shyamalan Blackout Falls on ‘After Earth’
10 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
It’s been a rocky road for M. Night Shyamalan, who hit a career high in 1999 with the eerie Oscar-nominated thriller “The Sixth Sense,” but in recent years has struggled to stay atop Hollywood’s A-list of directors after several box office misses. Yet, ever since “Sixth Sense’s” surprise blockbuster success, the writer-director has been the marquee selling point for each of his films — until now.
With Sony’s post-apocalyptic “After Earth” set for release May 31, the studio opted to put stars Will Smith and his teenage son Jaden front and center in the marketing campaign for its $100 million-plus family picture, pushing Shyamalan out of the spotlight.
M. Night Shyamalan’s Box Office Track Record:
M. Night Shyamalan has never been able to duplicate the success he achieved with “The Sixth Sense.” Here are the worldwide grosses for his films:
Nowhere in the key promotional materials — the posters, trailers, »
- Andrew Stewart
Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of After Earth In St. Louis
20 May 2013 4:08 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.
After writing the story for After Earth, Will Smith – also a producer of the film – would turn over the writing reins to Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan would also direct the movie. Smith called Shyamalan on his birthday, and Shyamalan told Smith how great Jaden Smith was in The Karate Kid. Will Smith said, “Well, we do have a movie idea in the works…” and they took off from there. »
- Movie Geeks
Erin Wasson Joins Rihanna’s ‘Styled to Rock’ as a Mentor
20 May 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
On the heels of Pharrell Williams joining the fashion competition show last week, Style Network’s “Styled to Rock” has added model Erin Wasson to its panel of mentors for the Rihanna-produced series.
Show, slated to bow on the NBCU cabler later this year, follows 12 up-and-coming designers as they compete to style A-list celebs. Wasson, like Williams, will help guide the budding fashion talent through the season, offering industry insight and advice from her years of experience working as a successful model and designer herself.
“As a leading model and mainstay in the fashion industry, Erin’s unapologetic approach to fashion and free-spirited style will give the ‘Styled to Rock’ designers invaluable insight,” said Salaam Coleman Smith, prez of Style Media. “With Rihanna as executive producer and Pharrell and Erin as mentors, our designers will gain incredible experience while also being challenged in new ways as they compete to »
- AJ Marechal
Giveaway – Win An After Earth Prize Pack
17 May 2013 3:05 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Set to hit theaters on May 31st, After Earth begins more than one thousand years in the future – in fact, one thousand years after humanity was forced to abandon the only home they had ever known.
Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (played by Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages their craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
To celebrate the theatrical release of After Earth, Wamg is doing a giveaway!
Two (2) winners will receive an After Earth Prize Pack, including:
1 T-shirt »
- Movie Geeks
Photo gallery updated for After Earth starring Will Smith & Jaden Smith!
17 May 2013 6:09 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth sci-fi adventure starring the Smiths opens May 31st, and we've updated film's image gallery, prepping fans for the amazing-looking release which hits theaters via Sony on May 31st. Also with Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoë Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo, After Earth is directed by Shyamalan who also writes alongside Stephen Gaghan, Michael Soccio and Gary Whitta. The film is produced by Caleeb Pinkett, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Shyamalan. E. Bennett Walsh executive produces. In After Earth, a crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark »
Pharrell Williams to Mentor on Rihanna’s ‘Styled to Rock’
15 May 2013 9:30 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Pharrell Williams will be lending his fashion expertise to the contestants of Style Network’s “Styled to Rock,” it was announced today.
Competish show is exec produced by Rihanna and gives 12 designers the opportunity to create fashion pieces for A-list celebs. Each week features a challenge surrounding styling a star, and Williams — a fashion designer himself — will serve as a mentor throughout the season.
The 10-episode series is slated to bow this year on Style.
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“We are delighted to have Pharrell, who is a driving force in both the music industry and fashion world, serve as a mentor on ‘Styled to Rock,” said Salaam Coleman Smith, prez of Style Media. “Pharrell’s unique aesthetic and commitment to individuality combined with Rihanna’s vision for this series will enable our aspiring designers to hone their craft and learn »
- AJ Marechal
After Earth Sequel a Possibility for Virgin and Overbrook
10 May 2013 6:05 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Virgin Produced, the film and television arm of the Virgin Group, has teamed up with Overbrook Entertainment on a non-exclusive pact, which will support the After Earth franchise, starting with the upcoming May 31st release, it was announced today by Jason Felts, CEO of Virgin Produced, and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment. This pact allows Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to After Earth. The two companies will look to develop film and television properties together, in which Virgin Produced would co-produce and market across its expansive global platforms.
The pact marks a natural relationship for both Virgin Produced and Overbrook as it reinforces both companies' missions: to find projects that entertain as well as educate, with ideas that leap off the entertainment page and into the national conversation. As Overbrook's After Earth shares many of the themes that Virgin is committed to: it focuses »
- MovieWeb
Will Smith's Overbrook Partners w/ Virgin Produced On 'After Earth' Sequel + Other Properties
10 May 2013 2:23 PM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
Things that make you hmm... from my inbox: Culver City, Calif., May 10, 2013 -- Virgin Produced, the film and television arm of the Virgin Group, has teamed up with Overbrook Entertainment on a non-exclusive pact, which will support the After Earth franchise, starting with the upcoming May 31st release, it was announced today by Jason Felts, CEO of Virgin Produced, and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment. This pact allows Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to After Earth. The two companies will look to develop film and television properties together, in which Virgin Produced would co-produce and market »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Virgin And Overbrook Entertainment Teaming Up For “After Earth” Sequel?
10 May 2013 2:18 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Apparently, Virgin Produced likes what it sees from M. Night Shyamalan’s next film, After Earth. The movie, which stars Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoe Kravitz and Kristofer Hivju, opens May 31st. Check out the press release for the agreement for Virgin to co-produce any future ventures with the project.
Virgin Produced, the film and television arm of the Virgin Group, has teamed up with Overbrook Entertainment on a non-exclusive pact, which will support the After Earth franchise, starting with the upcoming May 31st release, it was announced today by Jason Felts, CEO of Virgin Produced, and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment. This pact allows Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to After Earth. The two companies will look to develop film and television properties together, in which Virgin Produced would co-produce and market across its expansive global platforms.
The pact marks a »
- Andy Greene
Will Smith’s Overbrook & Virgin Produced Ink Deal For ‘After Earth’ Sequel & Other Projects
10 May 2013 1:17 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The tie-up is a non-exclusive pact that will see Virgin Produced have the option to co-finance, co-produce and co-market a sequel to Columbia’s dystopian sci-fi pic with Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook. That’s of course if a sequel is warranted after the pic’s May 31 release. The deal means Virgin will also support the upcoming tentpole starring Smith and his son Jaden Smith and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, with those initiatives to be announced soon. The companies said that going forward they will look to develop film and TV properties together, in which Virgin Produced would co-produce and market across its expansive global platforms. In After Earth, a crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help. »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced Boards Will Smith’s ‘After Earth’
10 May 2013 1:03 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Even before “After Earth” crash lands into theaters at the end of the month, Sony’s sci-fi epic, starring Will Smith and his son Jaden, already has a big fan: Richard Branson.
The British mogul’s entertainment shingle Virgin Produced has paired with Overbrook Entertainment to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to “After Earth,” should the film strike a chord with moviegoers when the film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is released by Columbia Pictures on May 31.
Through the non-exclusive deal, Virgin Produced and Overbook, Will Smith’s production company run by longtime partner James Lassiter, also have plans to develop film and TV properties together, which Virgin will promote through Branson’s various business, including airlines, retail, mobile, radio, health clubs and upcoming hotel chain
Overbrook is expected to be the first of several deals with talent-owned production companies Virgin Produced has planned, said the shingle’s CEO and co-founder Jason Felts, »
- Marc Graser
Overbrook, Virgin Produced Sign Deal That Could Lead to 'After Earth' Sequel
10 May 2013 12:50 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Overbrook Entertainment and Virgin Produced have signed a non-exclusive pact that will allow the two entertainment companies to team up on promotional campaigns, film and television projects and even a possible sequel to Will Smith's "After Earth." Virgin Produced is the film production arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, while Overbrook is the production company Smith runs with James Lassiter and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The agreement gives Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a follow-up to "After Earth." The film is a futuristic adventure that co-stars Smith's »
- Brent Lang
Virgin Signs Deal with Overbrook to Option After Earth Sequel
10 May 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Virgin Produced and Overbrook Entertainment have signed a deal which opens up the door for a sequel to After Earth . Here's the full announcement: Virgin Produced, the film and television arm of the Virgin Group, has teamed up with Overbrook Entertainment on a non-exclusive pact, which will support the After Earth franchise, starting with the upcoming May 31st release, it was announced today by Jason Felts, CEO of Virgin Produced, and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment. This pact allows Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to After Earth. The two companies will look to develop film and television properties together, in which Virgin Produced would co-produce and market across its expansive global platforms. The pact marks a »
Jamie Foxx Is Daddy Warbucks In ‘Annie’
30 April 2013 4:45 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
He may be currently creating sparks on the set of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-man 2 as the main villain Electro, but Jamie Foxx is now expected to join Quvenzhané Wallis in Easy A director Will Gluck’s re-imagining of hit Broadway and film musical, Annie. The Oscar-winning actor is in final negotiations for the role of Benjamin Stacks, a variation on the character Daddy Warbucks, previously played by the great Albert Finney in John Huston’s 1980 classic.
This new adaptation of Annie, which originated in the comic-strip ‘Little Orphan Annie’, is thought to me a modern update with a hip-hop twist. Overbrook Entertainment’s James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith are producing alongside Jay Brown, Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith and Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, who’ll also supply a number of new songs.
Source: Heat Vision
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- Craig Hunter
Jamie Foxx Will Be Daddy Warbucks Variation Opposite Quvenzhane Wallis in 'Annie'
29 April 2013 1:13 PM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
Jamie Foxx is reportedly in negotiations to star opposite Quvenzhane Wallis in the Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and James Lassiter-produced Annie musical film adaptation, which Jay-z is scoring. As of our last post on the project, the rumor was that Justin Timberlake was in consideration for the role of Daddy Warbucks, which was later dismissed by Sony Pictures. Jamie Foxx is instead in talks to play, not Daddy Warbucks, but a variation of the character named Benjamin Stacks. Will Gluck is directing the project, based on a script he revised, originally written by Emma Thompson and Aline Brosh McKenna. As we previously noted, in the original Annie story, »
- Natasha Greeves
Jamie Foxx Eyes Daddy Warbucks in Annie
29 April 2013 1:09 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Jamie Foxx is in early discussions to portray Daddy Warbucks in the Sony Pictures musical remake Annie. Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis was confirmed to star as the title character back in February.
Jamie Foxx will play a different version of Daddy Warbucks named Benjamin Stacks, who takes in the young orphan Annie in this modern-day musical. The project is based on Thomas Meehan's Broadway stage play. It isn't known when production will begin on this musical.
Will Gluck is directing from a screenplay he is currently rewriting, based on an original draft by Emma Thompson and Aline Brosh McKenna. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and James Lassiter are producing through their Overbrook Entertainment company, with Jay-z, Tyran Smith, and Jay Brown producing for Marcy Media.
Before The Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings into theaters next summer, Jamie Foxx can be seen »
- MovieWeb
Check Out The New After Earth Spot
23 April 2013 5:11 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
A new TV spot for director M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth has come online and it looks thrilling.
Even the film’s screenwriter Gary Whitta tweeted, “This new #AfterEarth spot is sweet! Love that shot of the armada evacuating Earth.”
If you missed it earlier today, Will Smith and Jaden Smith joined in for their first ever live Google+ hangout to discuss After Earth. The event was moderated by futurist Ray Kurzweil, Google’s director of engineering. Joining Kurzweil was Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and the co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal; the environmental advocate, explorer and filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams, an Indian American astronaut and a United States Navy officer who holds the record for longest space flight by a woman
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, »
- Michelle McCue
After Earth Celebrates Earth Day with Google+ Hangout Discussion
22 April 2013 11:46 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
In advance of the nationwide release of After Earth, the highly anticipated film in theaters May 31, Columbia Pictures is teaming up with Google for a live "After Earth Day" Google+ Hangout tomorrow, April 23 - the day after Earth Day. The Google+ Hangout brings together some of the world's most renowned thinkers, inventors, authors, and futurists to discuss the film's themes and the future of our planet.
The After Earth Day Google+ Hangout will be moderated by futurist Raymond Kurzweil, Google's director of engineering. Joining Kurzweil will be Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and the co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal; the environmental advocate, explorer and filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams, an Indian American astronaut and a United States Navy officer who holds the record for longest space flight by a woman; and Jaden Smith and Will Smith, the stars of After Earth. On »
- MovieWeb
Join After Earth Google+ Hangout April 23 With Stars Jaden Smith And Will Smith
22 April 2013 7:26 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
In advance of the nationwide release of After Earth, the highly anticipated film in theaters May 31, Columbia Pictures is teaming up with Google for a live “After Earth Day” Google+ Hangout tomorrow, April 23 – the day after Earth Day. The Google+ Hangout brings together some of the world’s most renowned thinkers, inventors, authors, and futurists to discuss the film’s themes and the future of our planet.
The After Earth Day Google+ Hangout will be moderated by futurist Ray Kurzweil , Google’s director of engineering. Joining Kurzweil will be Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and the co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal; the environmental advocate, explorer and filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams, an Indian American astronaut and a United States Navy officer who holds the record for longest space flight by a woman; and Jaden Smith and Will Smith , the stars of After Earth. »
- Michelle McCue
Will Smith still in line to star in drama 'American Can'
22 April 2013 12:19 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Will Smith is still in line to star in American Can.
Ed Zwick has entered talks to direct the drama, reports Deadline.
Sony Pictures, Smith's Overbrook Entertainment partner James Lassiter and Jada Pinkett Smith have revived the neglected project.
The film will be based on the true story of Gulf War veteran John Keller (Smith), who protected a group of elderly people in the American Can apartment building during Hurricane Katrina.
The project has been in development at Overbook since 2009. Denzel Washington considered the role in 2011.
Smith is also rumoured to still be in line for assassin thriller The Accountant. Mel Gibson was formerly attached to direct the project.
The actor recently signed on to Focus. He will next be seen alongside his son Jaden Smith in M Night Shyamalan's After Earth.
Watch a trailer for Will Smith's forthcoming movie After Earth below: »
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