Will Smith has played many successful roles in his acting career. Now, he’ll play a drunk, homeless super hero. Smith is set to appear alongside Charlize Theron in the story of John Hancock, a new super hero.
Director Peter Berg explained a little more about the plot of the film.
“Will Smith plays an alcoholic, suicidal superhero [whose actions are] destroying the city of Los Angeles, and he’s trying to rehabilitate his image.” he told MTV.
Daeg Faerch, the actor who also starred in Halloween, also appears in this film.
“It was called ‘Tonight, He Comes,’ but now it’s called ‘John Hancock’ because he’s a drunk and [when a fan] asks him for his John Hancock, he signs it ‘John Hancock,’ ” he added.
Jason Bateman, who also appears in the film, went a little further into the plot.
“Will plays a down-and-out superhero — a drunk, homeless superhero that the [public] doesn’t like because he’s so drunk that when he solves crime, he creates a lot of collateral damage…Early in the film he saves my life, and I say to pay him back I’ll revamp his image for him because I’m in corporate PR. We’re well into that, and I’m buying him a cape and telling him how to do news conferences and all that crap — and then he falls for my wife, Charlize Theron.”
Theron appreciated the complexity of the film.
“There’s a real intelligence to it…[The script] was fun yet smart, complicated [and] had a lot of conflict. I don’t see a lot of that coming from Fourth of July movies. I like that.”
“We’re introducing a new superhero; it’s just that he’s got some problems. But at its core, this is an attempt to create a brand-new superhero.” the director noted.
The film, which has gone through a few name changes and a few directorial changes is finally set to be released July 2nd 2008.
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