He’s played a real-life champ in Ali, and various forms of action-men fighting aliens, robots and post-apocalyptic vampires.
But Will Smith still doesn’t have a sword-and-sandals epic to his credit like Brad Pitt (Troy) and Colin Farrell (Alexander).
Enter Taharqa, the last Pharaoh of the 25th or Nubian Dynasty (the one in which blacks of Ethiopian descent ran Egypt).
Carl Franklin (Devil In A Blue Dress) has already banged out a script called The Last Pharaoh, full of Ethiopians battling Assyrians for the throne of Amun-Ra. Now it’s being polished by Chris Hauty (Never Back Down), so look for some mixed martial arts to excite the masses.
Will Smith has hit back at claims he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have been recruited by the Church of Scientology.
Recent reports claimed the couple had started following the controversial faith, on the advice of close pals Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
But Smith insists he chooses to study religions, without subscribing to any one.
He said to the New York Daily News, “You don’t have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don’t have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammad Ali. And you don’t have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise. I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths.”
Will Smith has been named as the host of Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday bash in London’s Hyde Park.
The concert to honour the former South African president, set down for June 27, will feature performances by Razorlight, Keane, British veterans Queen and Annie Lennox, as well as thereunited Spice Girls.
Will Smith and wife Jada Smith were out for dinner with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at Wolfgang Puck’s famous restaurant and seen kissing at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles on February 27, 2008.
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Francis Lawrence’s post-apocalyptic thriller starring Will Smith as a scientist turned vampire killer isolated in a nightmarish metropolis after a worldwide epidemic, left many (myself included) stupefied with the myriad of loopholes and unexplained phenomena.
Good news: I Am Legend’s DVD release, slated to hit shelves March 18, may redeem the film’s shortcomings thanks to an alternate ending.
Luckily, we won’t have to wait that long — the extra ending (embedded right) has surfaced on YouTube.