WILL SMITH is to revive his role in futuristic action movie I AM LEGEND for a prequel.

Director Francis Lawrence has confirmed he is working on a follow-up to the hit 2007 film and Smith’s character Dr. Robert Neville will return to complete the beginning of the story.

Lawrence says, “Absolutely (there will be a prequel), we’re actually trying to crack that. We’re trying to figure out some ideas for it, but yes, it would be a prequel.”

And the moviemaker insists that filming the follow-up will be much easier than working on the original, because the crew will not have to shut off large areas of New York City again - a move that sparked chaos among commuters and city workers. (more…)

Forbes just released its list of Hollywood’s top paid actors and as it turns out, Will Smith made a little cash last year. Well, $80 million to be exact. Johnny Depp came in second on the list of top paid actors, making $72 million in the last year. Third place went to Eddie Murphy, who earned $55 million for stinkers like this and this.

Mike Meyers takes the fourth spot, followed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Bruce Wills, Ben Stiller, Nicolas Cage, Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler were also among the top ten. Forbes also reports that Hollywood’s 10 top-earning actors out-earned Hollywood’s 10 best-paid actresses 2-to-1 over the course of the year.
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Tickets to see high school football games at Oaks Christian School in Westlake, California have become a hot item thanks to the team’s new recruit - WILL SMITH’s son TREY.

Trey, 13, is Smith’s son from his first marriage to Sheree Zampino which ended in 1995. The actor is now married to Jada Pinkett Smith.

The teenager joins a star-studded team of rookies which also includes the offspring of American football legend Joe Montana and ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky. (more…)

Slow news lately but I thought this was kinda cool. Jada Pinkett Smith is featured in Alicia Keys’s new video for her song, ‘Superwoman’. (more…)

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been rumored for years to have a very open marriage but it was never confirmed by the couple – at least until now.

According to a recent interview with UK magazine Reveal, Will Smith says “Our perspective is, you don’t avoid what’s natural and you’re going to be attracted to people.”

As one of Hollywood’s most powerful couples, the Smith’s 10 year marriage rivals that of many Hollywood relationships that have since fizzled out. According to the magazine Smith says their open marriage has been in place since day one of their marriage. “In our marriage vows, we didn’t say ‘forsaking all others’. We said you will never hear I did something afterwards’. Because if that happens the relationship is destroyed.” (more…)

Will Smith may be on top at the box office once again with Hancock, but his longtime friend and former rap partner DJ Jazzy Jeff says the success and fame hasn’t gone to the Fresh Prince’s head.

“He’s the biggest movie star on the planet, [but] he’s still the same Will – the same good guy,” Jazzy Jeff, 43, tells PEOPLE. “He’s just a little harder to get in touch with.”

The “Parents Just Don’t Understand” duo recently reunited for an impromptu show at the Hancock premiere in Hollywood.

What’s the rapper’s take on Smith’s happy 10-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith? (more…)

“Hancock” led the foreign box office for a second weekend, earning a huge $70.4 million from 67 markets, according to final data issued Monday.

Will Smith’s superhero comedy opened at No. 1 in 12 markets, including Russia ($11.4 million), France ($9.9 million), and Mexico ($4.6 million). After two weekends, the U.K. has contributed $33.4 million, Germany $24.2 million and Korea $14.7 million. Its foreign total rose to $180.6 million.

Meanwhile, “Kung Fu Panda” reached an international total of $218.4 million as it pulled in $42.2 million from 44 territories. New markets for “Panda” included France ($7.4 million), and Spain ($6.3 million). (more…)

Will Smith’s July 4 victor “Hancock” fell more than 50 percent in its second week at the box office, losing its No. 1 spot to “Hell Boy II: The Golden Army.”

The demon spawn superhero took in $35.9 million compared to the demi-god superhero (“Hancock”), which had a $33 million weekend, CinemaBlend.com reports.

Another major opener “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” starring an aging Brendan Fraser, debuted in third with $20.6 million. (more…)

Her husband may be a superhero, but Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith says that right now, she needs the Dog Whisperer.

The wife of Will Smith (now starring in the movie Hancock) has called in Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan — dog behaviorist to the stars — for advice on dealing with rattlesnakes of the family’s Malibu, Calif., ranch.

Jada’s dog, Rocco, was killed by a rattler at the ranch, according to the New York Daily News.

Pinkett Smith recently told WENN news, “I’m willing to do what’s necessary to make sure I don’t have this same event happen again.” (more…)

Will Smith is planning to make a film with Tom Cruise. The ‘Hancock’ actor revealed he has been trying to find a suitable project for them to star in, but has so far been unsuccessful.

He said: “Me and Tom have to work together. I think that would just be genius. We have been pitching some ideas back and forth and trying to find a movie that will be big enough for both of us.”

The actor ” who is close friends with the ‘Top Gun’ actor and his wife Katie Holmes ” also said Tom is a “warm-hearted” person. Will has also expressed an interest in teaming up with ‘There Will Be Blood’ actor Daniel Day Lewis. (more…)

Will Smith’s box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith’s “Hancock” — the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum — led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

That raised the total for Sony’s “Hancock” to $107.3 million since it opened Tuesday night to get a jump on the holiday.

It was a familiar place for Smith, one of Hollywood’s most-consistent draws. “Hancock” is his fifth movie to open at No. 1 over the Fourth of July. The others were “Men in Black” and its sequel, “Independence Day” and “Wild Wild West.” (more…)

Will Smith’s “Hancock” is no super hero at the box office.

If numbers hold up, “Hancock” will finish a five-and-a-half-day July 4th weekend with just under $100 million. That’s about equal to what his last movie, “I Am Legend,” did last December. The only difference is that “Legend” did that without the advantage of a long holiday weekend.

The other difference is that on “Legend”’s opening night it took in around $30 million. “Hancock” has done very well, but nothing like that. On Friday night it did an estimated $18 million — and that may be an over-estimate. (more…)

In the grand scheme of things, there are heroes and superheroes. And then there are super-superheroes.

“The last ‘Superman’ I got offered,” Will Smith revealed recently, reminiscing about the time he passed up the “Superman Returns” role that eventually went to Brandon Routh, “the script came, and I was like, ‘There is no way I’m playing Superman!’ Because I had already done Jim West [of 'Wild Wild West'], and you can’t be messing up white people’s heroes in Hollywood!”

Laughing, the king of the 4th of July weekend added, “You mess up white people’s heroes in Hollywood, you’ll never work in this town again!”

Will Smith usually plays the hero in his summer blockbusters. But in “Hancock,” he drinks, swears, mouths off — and goes to prison.

Smith’s role as a superhero-gone-bad could be jarring to some moviegoers — but not his children and wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

“Fortunately, our kids are in the business so they kind of understand,” the 39-year-old actor told Associated Press Television News at the red-carpet premiere of the film. “But it is such a bizarre shock for them to see daddy being mean. It was fantastic in our house.” (more…)

Over the past decade, Will Smith has easily been one of the most bankable movie stars in the world. With big-budget action release “Hancock” hitting theaters just in time for the July 4th holiday, Smith will likely add another title to his already impressive list of lucrative movies.

Also entering into the box office equation this weekend is G-rated “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.” While its rating will ensure somewhat of an overlap in audiences with “Wall-E,” the limited release of “Kit Kittredge” indicates that it won’t have too much of an effect on the computer animated blockbuster but could still reach the top five. (more…)