Jay-Z x Fela. Jay-Z, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith present the Broadway musical “Fela!”. The trio are signed as producers for the show which is about Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. According to the New York Times, there are no widely known stars in the cast, which makes the involvement of Jay-Z and the Smiths even more of a boon for marketing purposes.

No estimates on how much the stars invested in the project but last summer the show made its world premiere off-Broadway to sold out crowds so most likely Jay-Z and the Smiths will see a large return in investment.

The three stars will make a red carpet appearance at the show’s opening night at the Eugene O’Neill Theater next Monday, Nov. 23, a publicist for the production said. Check out a preview of what to expect from the Broadway musical by pressing play.

Questlove describes the broadway musical in a statement during last years showing as;

“its uncut. its true to the vision. its amazing! there is no option. i expect death to be the only reason why you did NOT see this production”

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Will Smith x Men in Black 3. Rumors about Mr. Smith’s invovlement in the upcoming Men In Black 3 have been swirling around for some time now. Word is there was no commitment for him to reprise his role as Agent Jay until a solid writer was brought on board to write the script.

 Sony has now confirmed the writer of Tropic Thunder is on the project now and Sony will be moving forward with bringing MIB3 to the big screen. We can’t imagine Sony would move without Will Smith’s involvement though so look for some news soon.

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Another Bad Boys movie is in the works according to The Hollywood Reporter. While Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay all took part in the first two films, Bad Boys 3 actually might proceed without Will Smith. While Sony has already hired a screenwriter to pen the next film, both Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are not a guarantee to continue the Bad Boys franchise. Although the first film grossed $66 million in the U.S. and the second one with $138 million in the U.S., Sony might not be able to afford Will Smith’s growing salary which gets as high as $20 million a picture. On the other hand, Sony and Will Smith go hand-in-hand as the studio also has optioned sequels for other Will Smith hits such as Hancock and I am Legend.

The real question is…are any of you really interested in seeing another Bad Boys movie? And by “seeing” I mean actually paying to go see it in the theaters. Let me know what you think.

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Will Smith x Men in Black. After the rousing success of Fast & Furious this past weekend (over $70 million at the box office this weekend) you can expect a flury of sequels to be greenlit by Hollywood studios in the coming months. And soon enough, there are talks at Sony Pictures that a Men In Black 3 is already in development with the original producers.

These talks were confirmed when Sony Pictures’ President confirmed they were reigniting the franchise and targeting a 2011 release date. That’s all good for Will but let’s just hope this doesn’t mean a Hancock sequel as well…or even worse…a Seven Pounds sequel.

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“We’re still trying to work through a couple of bumps in the story,” said Smith. “It’s essentially the fall of the last city – the last stand of Manhattan. The movie would be… within the body of the movie D.C. and then Manhattan would fall as the last city. It’s a really cool idea trying to figure it out… there’s a reason why we have to take a small band and we have to get into D.C. So we have to make our way from New York to D.C. and then back to New York.”

Will plans to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Neville while the original director is currently on board as well. Movie will go into more detail as to how the once cancer-curing medicine turned into a human crippling virus and goes deeper into the victims actual transformations from human state to zombie state. Movie is scheduled for a 2011 release date. (Source)

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He (Will Smith) told us that we’ll “definitely” be seeing a sequel. When we asked Will if he’d ever be up for playing another superhero he replied that there were a lot of unexplored characters in the HANCOCK universe that would be ripe for a sequel and confirmed that we’ll definitely see the rumored HANCOCK 2 in a few years.

Would any of you be interested in seeing this though? I can dig an I Am Legend sequel/prequel but this is pushing it.

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Movie is about a man who is kidnapped and held in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly, he’s released and given money, a cell phone and clothes and is set on a path to discover who destroyed his life so he can take revenge. And take revenge he does. If all goes according to plan Will Smith would play the kidnapped man and Spielberg would produce.

If Smith gets the role he will have a lot to live up to. Check out this fight scene from the original movie where he fights and takes out 20+ guys on his own.

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As we predicted, the prequel will follow Neville in the last days before and after the man-made virus kills and mutates New York City. It will add depth and storyline to the series of flashbacks from the first film including how the virus mutated from cancer curing to death causing. A sequel was considered, but due to the flashback elements of the first film, a prequel was a natural fit.

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The collection also includes an exclusive 44-page concept sketch book, a lenticular lucite commemorative piece featuring imagery from the film, and six collectible art cards showing international cities devastated by the virus. This is definitely for the hardcore fan and wil be priced at $49 for the DVD set and $59 for the Blu-ray available for the holiday season on December 9th.

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