ROTTEN TOMATOES: Will Smith Adds Seven Pounds

Will Smith Adds Seven Pounds

Suicide is painless/It brings on many changes/And he can take or leave it if he pleases.

by Jeff Giles | September 07, 2007

He's filming Hancock and gearing up to promote this winter's I Am Legend, but Will Smith isn't looking for any time off -- in fact, Variety reports that he's already committed to his next project.

The film, which will reunite the actor with his The Pursuit of Happyness director, Gabriele Muccino, is titled Seven Pounds; according to Variety's report, Smith will star in the story of "a man who inadvertently falls in love while attempting to kill himself." Grant Nieporte -- who most recently scripted several episodes of 8 Simple Rules...for Dating My Teenage Daughter and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch -- wrote the screenplay.

Seven Pounds is scheduled to begin shooting in February, and is being produced by Smith's company, Overbrook Entertainment, in conjunction with Escape Artists. The filmmakers are aiming for a late 2008 release.

Source: Variety

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dahluzz writes:
on Sep 07 2007 06:32 AM

"The Pursuit of Happyness" confused a generation of impressionable kids about the correct way to spell "happiness."

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Ghost Robot writes:
on Sep 07 2007 06:38 AM

OMG thats soooo much, hes going to be a fat sack of **** for the rest of his life! OMG!

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Sep 07 2007 06:43 AM

This is going to suck...BIG TIME !

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wordweaver writes:
on Sep 07 2007 07:23 AM

In reply to this comment (#1103820)
Dansmith, are you on drugs? listen to how stupid you sound? "hes going be a fat sack****..."? listen to yourself? some of y'all need to get lives and stop trying to fulfil yourselves through celebrities. What a Bozo!!!!
That said, Big Willie keep hittin up the big screen, you've worked for all you've earned.

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Sep 07 2007 07:54 AM

I personally think Will Smith is an incredible actor, and would gladly see any of his films (besides wild wild west) at any time

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MadmanCody writes:
on Sep 07 2007 08:04 AM

he's great as long as you love his stereotype one liners...

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witherwings writes:
on Sep 07 2007 08:48 AM

Falls in love while trying to kill himself? So this is a straight role for him? A movie with such a plot line should not be a comedy.

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Monkeyfist writes:
on Sep 07 2007 09:07 AM

In reply to this comment (#1103848)
Dan Smith was kidding. I hope you are too, but I can't see it.

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savethemooses writes:
on Sep 07 2007 09:57 AM

In reply to this comment (#1103904)
Why not? Ever heard of dark comedy?

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wordweaver writes:
on Sep 07 2007 10:35 AM

In reply to this comment (#1103904)
Witherwings, first Scarlet Johansen and now Will Smith? girl, u've lost ur damn mind.

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sanguinam writes:
on Sep 07 2007 12:34 PM

In reply to this comment (#1103871)
Stereotypical one-liners? Yeah cause he writes the scripts to his movies.

Go watch Six Degrees Of Separation you unacquainted douche.

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downwithstarbucks writes:
on Sep 07 2007 01:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#1104535)
sanguinam - not that i have a stake it one or the other (nor do i desire to be labeled an "unacquainted douche"), but citing one movie from 14 years ago doesn't quite prove your point.

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HFGIII writes:
on Sep 07 2007 02:28 PM

When IS "Independence Day II" coming out?

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Herberbaly writes:
on Sep 07 2007 03:06 PM

Isn't anybody at all concerned with the idea that the screenwriter penned "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"?

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sanguinam writes:
on Sep 07 2007 03:36 PM

You%u2019re partially right downwithstarbucks. It doesn%u2019t help, but does it hurt?

He has been in movies where stereotypical catchphrases weren%u2019t uttered...that particular movie being one of the better ones. Even the ones where he is uttering stereotypical catchphrases aren%u2019t written by him and don%u2019t diminish him as an actor.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Sep 07 2007 07:20 PM

In reply to this comment (#1103848)
Grow some balls and a sense of humor.

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JoshTee! writes:
on Sep 07 2007 08:38 PM

I read the title to this as "Kevin Smith Adds Seven Pounds" and thought "yeah, he probably did."

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lamer writes:
on Sep 07 2007 09:20 PM

In reply to this comment (#1105386)
I am. That is for damn sure.

Then again, the creator of "The Rugrats" did direct the "Bride to Terabithia" film adaptation...

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VenomGGXX writes:
on Sep 07 2007 10:28 PM

Bride to Terabithia? What the hell movie was that? lol you mean Bridge to Terabithia?
Will Smith would surely come up with something cool to say bout your mistake

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downwithstarbucks writes:
on Sep 08 2007 09:52 AM

In reply to this comment (#1105425)
well, he may not write the catch phrases. but as an actor (especially of his stature) he has complete control of what movies he decides to make. i don't see clive owen uttering too many catch phrases.

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