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[Radewart]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797150...yid=13&cs=1


Smith

Will Smith will reunite with the creative team behind "The Pursuit of Happyness" to star in "Seven Pounds."
The film is scheduled to shoot in February for a late 2008 release.

"Happyness" helmer Gabriele Muccino will direct the drama, which Escape Artists and Smith's Overbrook Entertainment are producing.

The two Sony-based shingles also produced "Happyness" for the studio, where "Seven Pounds" will likely land.

The story centers on a man who inadvertently falls in love while attempting to kill himself. Grant Nieporte wrote the screenplay.

Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Smith and Steve Tisch are producing.

Muccino had been attached to direct Smith in Columbia Pictures' "Hancock," the actor's follow-up to "Happyness." But the director dropped out due to creative differences and was replaced by Peter Berg. That film is lensing and set to wrap in the fall. Smith will then spend the holiday season promoting Warner Bros. Pictures' post-apocalyptic actioner "I Am Legend," which bows in December, before segueing to "Seven Pounds."

Escape Artists recently wrapped the Denzel Washington-directed "The Great Debaters."

Overbrook's upcoming projects include "I Am Legend."

Edited by Hero1, 25 November 2007 - 07:10 AM.

[sonic1988]

Damn, I only say that because I'm hoping for music, not movies.....

But its cool that he's maturing and beginning to leave the whole "save the world" thing.

[Hero1]

damn not more of this sappy muccino crap.. :paperbag: I was hoping for that comedy with nic cage

[Jin]

I saw this coming...I am Legend, then John Hancock (the movie title sounds so whack, the person who gave the idea to remove tonight he come should be shot)...and now Seven Pounds! We will definately have no music in 2008...This is sad, because Will always released an album after a 2 year or 3 year break!

Big Willie Style 1997
Willenium 1999
Born to Reign 2002
Lost and Found 2005

If we don't get an album at least in 2009, we can finish the music debate!

[Hero1]

Hey lets not turn every movie post into a debate about music..this is an important announcement :sipread:

[Typhoon20]

Not too happy about it

I thought a comedy would be appropriate around that time. Nice that Will can handle drama's
but 2 (4) in 2 years is a bit too much, and hancock is also a bit of a drama, and even I Am Legend.
Plus POH was a good movie, but that's mainly because of the acting of the smiths. I wasn't really too happy with the team behind it. And knowing the same team behind that will make SP is not really encouraging.

[Typhoon20]

Wow, the guy that's going to do the screenplay Grant Nieporte, look at his resume:

# "8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
... aka 8 Simple Rules (USA: new title)
- The After Party (2005) TV Episode (writer)
- Mother's Day (2004) TV Episode (writer)
# "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1 episode, 2001)
... aka Sabrina (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Sabrina Goes to College (USA: promotional title)
- Sabrina's Got Spirit (2001) TV Episode (writer)

And that's all he did !


And then you wonder why Will's drama movies aren't that highly regarded, or oscar material.
I was dissapointed earlier but right now I'm pretty depressed.
Will always agrees that his movies need that extra touch, that art concept behind it. Well if he really wants it he needs to work with the best of the best in the business. That should be his 1st goal.
Will tries to hard to win an oscar with stuff like this.At least the other movie was promising,
the one where he's a chess teacher. This one has all the ingredients to fail.

Edited by Typhoon20, 07 September 2007 - 04:12 AM.

[Jazzy Julie]

aw i was hoping he was gonna do the Nic cage one too, i guess this one sounds ok, but i prefer action and comedy to drama.

[Da Brakes]

This doesn't seem like my kinda movie! I'd like Will to do more thriller movies. Sorta like Denzel does!

[Ale]

Hero1, on Sep 6 2007, 11:57 PM, said:

damn not more of this sappy muccino crap.. :paperbag: I was hoping for that comedy with nic cage

Are you serious? Pursuit was a wonderful movie, and Will did the best interpretation in his whole life. I can't stand Nick Cage...

Thanks for the info! :thumbsup:

[VIsqo]

I made a topic asking bout this movie several time ago, ecause the references i got were not good. They still aint good and Will is stil trying to pull it off. I told yall about that Oscar thing, I told yall.

[JamesUK]

Empire seem to agree with Mr Smith's film choice's of late

http://www.empireonl...y.asp?NID=21038

[Bob]

Ale, on Sep 7 2007, 10:27 AM, said:

I can't stand Nick Cage...

Amen.

[Jazzy Julie]

wow Empire is right, he has been going for very dark films, homeless guy, last man on earth, drunken depressant, now hes trying to kill himself. What happened to dancing with aliens and saving the world.

[Hero1]

Ale, on Sep 7 2007, 09:27 AM, said:

Hero1, on Sep 6 2007, 11:57 PM, said:

damn not more of this sappy muccino crap.. :paperbag: I was hoping for that comedy with nic cage

Are you serious? Pursuit was a wonderful movie, and Will did the best interpretation in his whole life. I can't stand Nick Cage...

Thanks for the info! :thumbsup:

I'm with Typhoon on this one.. I just don't think Muccino did that great a job on Pursuit..

[fabman]

I think he did a good job, not great, but good. I really liked Pursuit of Happyness and I can't wait to see what they're doing with this pic.

Anyway, @ Tim, others... seems like that 'Clint Howl' project WAS 'Seven Pounds,' same filming and release date for both projects. Both @ Sony. Yh, it defo is one and the same pic...

[MaxFly]

You guys are taking it too far... haven't the majority of the few drama movies Will has done been Oscar material... Ali, Pursuit of Happyness... The only one that sucked was Bagger Vance, and for obvious reasons. The negativity has gone overboard. This is the same thing we went through with POH, people whining about the director, people whining about Jaden being cast, people whining about Will only doing dramas for oscars. This movie hasn't even started filming and people are whining... Let's pump our collective brakes and see how things turn out. There is no point in jumping to conclusions off of the minute amount of information we have.

[Typhoon20]

I disagree, it was not Will's movies that were oscar material, it was his own performance.
The chances of this movie getting a best pic nomination are very slim.

That's the thing, Will has been nominated TWICE, and never won. Yes the competition
has been strong, but the main reason Will didn't win an oscar (besides the political racism at the oscars) is because the quality of the movie couldn't back up his performance.People that get Oscars usually have a great movie. POH was not great, it was decent, good. Oscar material ? Hardly.

Of course, time will tell. Let's hope he made the right decision.

[MaxFly]

Typhoon20, on Sep 8 2007, 05:12 AM, said:

I disagree, it was not Will's movies that were oscar material, it was his own performance.
The chances of this movie getting a best pic nomination are very slim.

That's the thing, Will has been nominated TWICE, and never won. Yes the competition
has been strong, but the main reason Will didn't win an oscar (besides the political racism at the oscars) is because the quality of the movie couldn't back up his performance.People that get Oscars usually have a great movie. POH was not great, it was decent, good. Oscar material ? Hardly.

Of course, time will tell. Let's hope he made the right decision.

While Will's performances stood out, those were great movies, and we have to remember that there are a finite number of nominees every year. As it stands, Ali and POH stood better chances of being nominated for Oscars than Independence Day and MIB. It's funny because there is such a split... some fans want to only see the blockbuster action movies, or comedies... others have been complaining for years that he needs to diversify his roles and take on more dramas... now that he's taken on more serious roles, people still aren't happy.

As for Will being nominated TWICE and not winning, have we so quickly forgotten how long it took Denzel to win an Oscar? Malcolm X was an outstanding movie, and Denzel's acting was excellent... how did that go? The fact that Will hasn't won an Oscar yet isn't an indictment of the movies he has done... he's only done a few serious movies for goodness sakes. Most actors do several before they even get proper notice, which indicates that Will isn't nearly as "average" an actor as some have made him out to be (even people on this forum) and that the movies he has done aren't simply "decent."

Like I said earlier, lets wait and see what these movies turn out to be like... People are doing so much complaining now, there won't be much to talk about in the movie threads if the movies turn out to be like what people expect... I would think people would have learned to reserve judgement after POH...

Edited by MaxFly, 08 September 2007 - 09:25 AM.

[Ale]

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While Will's performances stood out, those were great movies, and we have to remember that there are a finite number of nominees every year. As it stands, Ali and POH stood better chances of being nominated for Oscars than Independence Day and MIB. It's funny because there is such a split... some fans want to only see the blockbuster action movies, or comedies... others have been complaining for years that he needs to diversify his roles and take on more dramas... now that he's taken on more serious roles, people still aren't happy.

:yeahthat:

You took the words out of my mouth, Max! :thumbsup: