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Will Smith To Star And Produce BOUNTY For Paramount
Actor Will Smith may not be battling aliens anytime soon in any capacity for an Independence Day sequel, and following 2013’s After Earth, the jury is still out on how he feels about doing big-scale films aside from his current obligations to director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad over in Vancouver this April. His latest film, Focus, with Suicide Squad co-star and leading lady Margot Robbie is certainly an exemplary change of pace and one that will hopefully set Smith in a more comfortable state of mind when it comes to doing bigger films.
For now though, his attention is slightly geared toward more smaller projects which still sound equally intriguing given the plot set ups. In this instance, Paramount Pictures’s newly announced action flick, Bounty, serves quite the example. The film’s Boston, Massachusetts setting will accomodate Smith‘s role as a man wrongfully convicted for a murder he didn’t commit, now on the loose as he must prove his innocence with the victim’s widow offering a ten-million dollar bounty for his capture, fatal or other. Smith is producing the film under his banner at Overbrook Entertainment with Adam Kolbrenner of Madhouse Pictures with a script by Sascha Penn.
Personally, I dug After Earth and my review is here in case you’re curious, so I hope that the film’s shortcomings don’t hinder him from doing larger projects. He’s still a good actor who can sell movies, and his chemistry with son, actor Jayden Smith was quite good for that particular film’s tone. At any rate, Bounty is coming with Smith set to star…and since every action thriller needs a villain to accomodate its hero, let’s see who’s going to do the hunting. Stick around!
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Warner Bros. Enlists Its SUICIDE SQUAD Cast
Director David Ayer‘s pending adaptation of DC Comics property, Suicide Squad, is currently awaiting a production start date beginning next year in April through September in Toronto, Canada according to THR. With that in mind, any and all information on casting has been developing and trickling for the past few months now, particularly with lead actor Will Smith in talks, and actor Jared Leto who’s been busy playing coy with the press on all talk related to his addition to the cast as the Joker.
It was probably obvious to some, but nevertheless, Warner Bros. decided to lay skepticism to rest in an official announcement on Tuesday which you can check out below. The current working title will be Bravo 14, with pre-production set for February; As a noteworthy mention, previous reports may indicate further casting additions, which still remain speculative at the moment. For now, read on!
BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An all-star roster of actors has joined Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure “Suicide Squad,” bringing DC Comics’ super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer (“Fury”). The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.
The film will star two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Ali,” upcoming “Focus”) as Deadshot; Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises,” upcoming “Mad Max: Fury Road”) as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” upcoming “Focus,” the “Tarzan” movie) as Harley Quinn; Oscar winner Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club,” “Alexander”) as the Joker; Jai Courtney (“Divergent,” upcoming “The Water Diviner”) as Boomerang; and Cara Delevingne (“Anna Karenina,” upcoming “Pan”) as Enchantress.
In making the announcement, Silverman said, “The Warner Bros. roots are deep on this one. David Ayer returns to the studio where he wrote ‘Training Day’ and brings his incredible ability to craft multidimensional villains to this iconic DC property with a cast of longtime Warner collaborators Will Smith and Tom Hardy, and other new and returning favorites: Margot, Jared, Jai and Cara. We look forward to seeing this terrific ensemble, under Ayer’s amazing guidance, give new meaning to what it means to be a villain and what it means to be a hero.”
Ayer is also writing the script for “Suicide Squad,” which is being produced by Charles Roven (“The Dark Knight” trilogy, upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”) and Richard Suckle (“American Hustle”). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.
The film is slated for release on August 5, 2016.
New Poster And Trailer For AFTER EARTH
A new trailer and poster have been unveiled for the upcoming sci-fi fantasy action adventure thriller, AFTER EARTH, due out in theaters June 7, 2013. It stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith as a father and son who crashland onto newly-evolved Earth, and are forced to survive the remnants of catastrophic events on a planet that was once inhabited by humans. The film also stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Kristofer Hivju, Gabriel Caste, Zoe Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo, David Denman, Lincoln Lewis and Lauryn Smith.