I was really interested when I began reading the blurb from Coming Soon for Will Smith‘s latest movie…
Jonathan Mostow will direct the story of a superhero who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., and causes chaos as he…
Then the second half let me down…
…romances a local housewife in an attempt to revitalize himself.
Didn’t sound as exciting as I first hoped. However, my first thoughts of a typical Smith vehicle might be changing as you think of the many ways the script could approach the blurb. It could actually be done very well, imagine it in a Unbreakable style, taking itself much more seriously with the romantic part being more real. Might make it a little more interesting.
Written six years ago by Vincent Ngo, Tonight, He Comes has long been considered one of the better unmade scripts in town, says the trade. Michael Mann, who at one time was signed to direct, will produce the film with Akiva Goldsman.
Vince Gilligan (The X-Files) has already done a rewrite and will script another draft under Mostow’s supervision once the Columbia deal is finalized.
It does actually begin to sound a lot more interesting than at first glance. Might well be worth keeping an eye on this one and seeing how the script develops.
