Will Smith Reunites with Gabriele Muccino for Seven Pounds

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Smith to star in 'Seven Pounds'
Actor reuniting with 'Pursuit' team for drama
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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."

Director:
Gabriele Muccino

Starring:
Will Smith
Rosario Dawson
Woddy Harrelson
Barry Pepper

 

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[Hunter Rider]

I love the way Will is mixing up his projects, sounds like another interesting one for him.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

wow, he's lost a lot of his bulk, he looks really sleek now...but still toned

 

[Dark Donnie]

I love the way Will is mixing up his projects, sounds like another interesting one for him.

I agree im liking his choices of late. I like how he rotates from a Summer Blockbuster type film to a Oscar type film....

 

[TNC9852002]

I like his look in this one. Harks back to Six Degrees of Separation.

-TNC

 

[tzarinna]

Looks like it could be deep.

 

[Prison Mike]

Tom Cruise's son, Connor, will be playing a younger version of Smith's character in the movie.

Tom Cruise's son, Connor, to make big screen debut Tue Apr 22, 1:02 PM ET

The son of Hollywood superstar exes Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, 13-year-old Connor Cruise, will make his big screen debut in the Will Smith film "Seven Pounds," People magazine reported online Tuesday.

Connor Cruise, who is African-American, will play Will Smith's character as a teenager, the magazine said.

People noted that "even with such famous acting mentors in his corner, Connor had to audition for the part."

Tom Cruise and Will Smith are friends.

 

[tzarinna]

He is a cute little boy, should be very interesting to see how he does.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Blind Woody Harrelson on set:

 

[DorkyFresh]

Will Smith found a time traveling machine? he looks like he came straight out of the early 90's!

 

[fabman]

I like his look in this one. Harks back to Six Degrees of Separation.

-TNC

That's what I thought, aswell.

 

[DorkyFresh]

u guys are right!

 

[TNC9852002]

LOL

Will Smith found a time traveling machine? he looks like he came straight out of the early 90's!

It's almost irritating at 39 years old how he's able to maintain and shape and reshape his body for these films.

-TNC

 

[dark_b]

he really needs to make every year a movie right ?

 

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Couldn't find a bigger version:

 

[Anubis]

Wow, that's a big ass dog.

 

[Gotham]

Can't wait to see Gabriele Muccino and Will Smith reunite. I loved Pursuit.

 

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The Trailer for Will Smith's Seven Pounds

 

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This must be the Obama Barrack bio film.

 

[dark_b]

holly sh..i dont knwo if the soundtrack from the island did it for me of was iit the footage. but this looks amazing for me. i dont know exactly what this is about but i like it.
i will 100% watch this in the theater.

 

[dude stannis]

Tom Cruise's son, Connor, will be playing a younger version of Smith's character in the movie.

Tom Cruise and nichole Kidman had a black baby?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Adopted.

 

[dude stannis]

Adopted.

I'm going to go shoot myself now.