After Earth is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action - adventure film co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan , who co-wrote the script with Gary Whitta . The film was loosely based on an original story idea by Will Smith about a father-and-son trip in the wilderness before it was eventually reworked into a sci-fi setting, taking place 1,000 years in the future where humans evacuated Earth to another planet due to a massive environmental catastrophe . It is the second film after The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) that stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith ; Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith , his brother-in-law Caleeb Pinkett, and business partner James Lassiter also produced the film via their company Overbrook Entertainment while Columbia Pictures distributed the film. The film was co-produced by John Rusk, who was also the first assistant director on this film as well as on many of Shyamalan's other films.
149-425: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper and actor. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith , he has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award , an MTV Movie Award , a BET Award and a Young Artist Award . He has received a Grammy Award nomination, and has won two NAACP Image Awards and an Empire Award . Smith's made his film debut with his father Will in
298-725: A Daytime Emmy Award in the outstanding informative talk show category. Pinkett Smith narrated and produced the 2023 docu-series African Queens , which premiered on Netflix . The first season focused on Njinga , Queen of Ndongo and Matamba while the second season focused on Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII . Pinkett Smith's memoir Worthy was published in October 2023. The book covers her journey from suicidal depression to self-acceptance and spiritual healing . It also offers insight to her difficult childhood, friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur, unconventional marriage, and her reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at
447-429: A U.S. Justice Department prosecutor and the target of a contract killer. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $ 217.8 million worldwide. She voiced Gloria , a strong, confident, but sweet hippopotamus , in the animated film Madagascar (2005). Tom McGrath , one of the film's directors, said they found all these traits in her voice when they listened to her. Despite a mixed response from critics,
596-640: A caper film . Taking into account the popularity of principal actor Will Smith, the disappointing finish led The Wall Street Journal to call it a " flop ". Ray Subers of Box Office Mojo noted the $ 27 million weekend placed it between 2 sci-fi flops of 2012 films with $ 200 million-plus budgets, Battleship ($ 25.5 million) and John Carter ($ 30.2 million), and also drew half of the co-stars' previous openings, Will Smith 's Men in Black 3 ($ 54.6 million) and Jaden Smith 's The Karate Kid ($ 55.7 million). Scott Mendelson from Forbes argued that Sony made
745-464: A teaser trailer . Alongside the Facebook marketing is a Web 2.0 site that lets people scroll through different images and paragraphs in a complex dynamic way. An image of Jaden's character "Kitai" in costume was released online on February 15, 2012. Later on in the same year, another theatrical teaser was released alongside a trailer for the competing Joseph Kosinski film Oblivion . On March 12,
894-694: A 27,000 square foot (2,500 m ) home, on 100 acres (40 ha), in Malibu . In May 2014, Moisés Arias , who was 20 at the time, was photographed shirtless in a bed with then-13-year-old Willow Smith. The photo triggered an investigation into the family by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. In April 2013, Pinkett Smith caused many to believe she and her husband were in an open marriage after stating in an interview: "I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in
1043-406: A 6.7 out of 10 and commented, "M. Night Shyamalan isn't quite back in top form here, but After Earth is certainly the best movie he's made in years." Charlie Jane Anders of io9 commented that "Having suffered through Last Airbender , I can attest that this film is no Last Airbender ... After Earth stays grounded, and manages to tell a pretty decent story." The special effects received
1192-453: A better community and add beauty to the world," she said. Banfield noticed her granddaughter's passion for the performing arts and enrolled her in piano , tap dance , and ballet lessons. During elementary school, Pinkett got to know Josh Charles . She also participated in TWIGs ("To Work In Gaining Skills"), a free after-school program for 2nd-8th grade Baltimore City children offered by
1341-615: A billion-year contract with the Church of Scientology. When they delivered the signatures to a local branch of the church near Times Square , a church representative told them they were impersonating the church and threatened to call the police if they do not leave. The video and the site was created by Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler of the comedy duo The Good Liars who had previously pretended to be Time Warner Cable representatives asking people how they can make service worse for customers. The Church of Scientology International branded
1490-595: A bit and no detail would have been lost. The CGI animals did look a bit artificial, but that didn't bother me very much at all." Some critics were struck by what they saw as parallels in the movie's plot, dialogue and imagery with the Scientology teachings of L. Ron Hubbard , particularly those in Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and Dianetics: The Original Thesis . Similarly, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone compared
1639-459: A black skirt, blue nail polish, and a flower in his hair. He has made public comments such as "If I Wanna Wear A Dress, Then I Will, And That Will Set The New Wave...". He said that he wore skirts primarily to help kids to be bullied less in schools. In 2023, Smith was the subject of an online death hoax after Facebook posts and YouTube videos claimed that he had died. Posts on various social media platforms claimed that Will Smith publicly announced
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#17327975345251788-504: A blueprint of how good of a person he is, but not necessarily the success that he reached." GQ described Smith as "in a league of his own" in terms of fashion and a "superstar who has taken fashion to an entirely different level". Smith has called Tyler the Creator , Batman and Poseidon his icons when it comes to fashion. Smith said that Tyler the Creator introduced him to the brand Supreme. Batman's dark, gothic scenery has influenced
1937-402: A cliffside waterfall and Cypher learns about the broken capsules. Knowing that the only way to continue with two capsules would be to skydive, Cypher orders Kitai to abort the mission, but Kitai, believing that his father still sees him as a disappointment, refuses to comply after furiously blaming Cypher's absence at home for Senshi's death. Kitai is captured by a large condor and his communicator
2086-413: A complete guide to the highly evolved animals of Earth, and a handwritten journal entry from Cypher Raige. After Earth: A Perfect Beast ("The official prequel novel of the epic film After Earth ") by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, and Peter David is set nearly 600 years after humanity finds, and colonizes, the planet Nova Prime. The paperback book, published by Del Rey Books on April 30, 2013,
2235-459: A construction company. Banfield-Norris became pregnant in high school, and the couple married but divorced after several months. Pinkett's mother was a heroin addict. Thus, Pinkett was raised by her mother and grandmother, Marion Martin Banfield, a Jamaican-born social worker who was married to Gilbert Banfield, a family medicine physician. "My grandmother was a doer who wanted to create
2384-443: A denim line with fashion brand G-Star in 2018. Smith has been a partner in spring water company Just Water since he was 12 years old. Just Water is attempting to create a water filtration system anyone can afford, which can be used in poorer areas and nations; they also seek to help with water infrastructure, and creating more environmentally-friendly construction methods by producing their own drywall. Just Water launched officially in
2533-423: A distant shot of Smith's son Jaden running down a riverbed, I was struck by how many small rocks were defined clearly from such a distance. Yet other shots that included computer-generated cityscapes or otherworldly creatures looked less sharp." The cinematographer Peter Suschitzky was apologetic about that, saying "The movie is only half in true 4K. I'm sad about that. It still looks good." Scott Wilkinson of AVS
2682-472: A film before but it never worked out. Impressed with the entire script, Shyamalan officially made this project—then entitled One Thousand A. E. —his next directorial effort on October 20, 2010, and quietly shelved his own secret untitled project with Bruce Willis , Bradley Cooper , and Gwyneth Paltrow loosely attached. There was another starring role for an adult male, but sources indicated that Smith would not be taking it on. Sony Pictures Entertainment has
2831-500: A first-look deal with Overbrook, so it was expected to be the studio home for A. E. Shyamalan later suggested the film would feature other members of the Smith family, and that it would not be in 3D but he had "an idea for something kind of technically interesting". In December 2011, Columbia Pictures , a subsidiary of Sony, signed up both Will and Jaden Smith to co-star in the film with Shyamalan directing. Shyamalan, who also co-wrote
2980-445: A global peacekeeping organization manages to defeat them with a fear-suppressing technique called "ghosting", but not before an Ursa kills Senshi, the daughter of their leader Cypher Raige. Blaming himself for his sister's death, Senshi's 13-year-old brother Kitai trains hard to become a Ranger like Cypher but is rejected. Kitai's mother Faia convinces Cypher to take Kitai on his last voyage before retirement. During flight, their spaceship
3129-802: A home on Price Avenue. Growing up, she hung out in the neighborhoods of Coldspring and Dolfield . As a teen, she went to clubs including Cignel, Odell's Nightclub, and Godfrey's Famous Ballroom. She has also publicly admitted selling drugs in the Cherry Hill neighborhood. After graduation from BSA, Pinkett spent a year at the North Carolina School of the Arts . She was a drama major. Pinkett began her acting career in 1990, when she starred in an episode of True Colors . She received guest roles in television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991) and 21 Jump Street (1991), and earned
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#17327975345253278-559: A mistake of not using M. Night Shyamalan 's name to market the film, writing, "His name on the marquee reflects that you're not going to get a conventional genre film, that there may be something else up its sleeve." Sony Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer said a weekend take of about $ 30 million in the United States and Canada would be a solid number for a movie that is not a branded sequel. Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer said "Certainly we would have liked to have done more, but this
3427-804: A mixed response. Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald said that "the CGI creatures in the film look as fake as the monkeys in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ". Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News called them "surprisingly unconvincing, a step or two above the effects in those deliberately cheese ball sci-fi flicks the Syfy channel shows on Saturday night." Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post called
3576-506: A modified version of After Earth ' s theatrical teaser was released as the official trailer. The official trailer was broadcast as a TV Spot during late May 2013. The trailer featured the menu music of the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution , composed by Michael McCann . In a stark contrast to his previous films, Shyamalan's name was notably absent from several trailers, TV commercials, and marketing signage. Instead, Sony Pictures opted to feature Will and Jaden Smith prominently in
3725-727: A movie that's bigger than one of his movies I can get my own house. In June 2017, Smith moved out of his parents' house into a $ 4 million home in Hidden Hills . Smith subscribes to, and sends tweets about, numerous conspiracy theories including the Illuminati , and chemtrails . In 2013, Smith criticized traditional education and advised people to drop out of school. Discussing teenagers who attend public school, he said, "Kids who go to normal school are so teenagery, so angsty." Smith dated Sarah Snyder from 2015 to 2017. She inspired numerous songs on Smith's debut album, Syre. Smith
3874-476: A musical career as the lead vocalist of the nu metal band, Wicked Wisdom . In 2005, she published a children's book , Girls Hold Up This World , which landed at number two on The New York Times Best Seller list . With her husband Will Smith , she founded the company Westbrook in 2009, through which she has produced various media. In 2010, she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical as
4023-518: A process that took three years. HE announced in December 2016 that it would be titled Syre . The lead single from Syre , "Fallen", was released on December 5, 2016, three more singles were released, "Batman" and "Watch Me" on July 14, 2017, and "Falcon" on November 16. Syre was released on November 17, 2017, and debuted at #24 on the US Billboard 200 . " Icon " was released as a single on
4172-525: A producer for the Broadway musical Fela! . Born in Baltimore , Maryland , Jada Koren Pinkett was named after her mother's favorite soap opera actress, Jada Rowland . She is of Jamaican and Bajan descent on her mother's side and African-American descent on her father's side. Her parents are Adrienne Banfield-Norris, the head nurse of a Baltimore inner-city clinic, and Robsol Pinkett Jr., who ran
4321-665: A producer for the Broadway musical Fela! . While she reprised the voice role of Gloria in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), which made over US$ 746 million, she also voiced the character in the NBC Christmas special Merry Madagascar (2009) and the direct-to-DVD film Madly Madagascar (2013). Beginning in 2014, Pinkett Smith starred in the first season of the FOX crime drama Gotham , as Gotham City gangster Fish Mooney . She returned, recurrently, in
4470-475: A remake of the 1984 film . In May 2013, Will Smith and Jaden starred together, as father and son, in After Earth . In 2014, it was announced that Smith would return for the sequel Karate Kid 2 with Jackie Chan, to be directed by Breck Eisner , produced by James Lassiter and Will Smith, and written by Zak Penn . In April 2014, Smith was cast in the film The Good Lord Bird , based on the 2013 novel of
4619-446: A rescue team. Will Smith conceived the story for the film when he was watching the television show called I Shouldn't Be Alive with his brother-in-law Caleeb Pinkett, who also served as one of the film's producers. It was originally not a science fiction story but about a father and son crashing their car in the mountains or some remote region, with the son having to go out and get rescue for his father. Smith then decided to change
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4768-419: A role on comedian Bill Cosby 's NBC television sitcom A Different World in 1991, as college freshman Lena James. The role on A Different World proved to be a pivotal career break. Pinkett joined the cast in its fourth season when it was already a hit show and stayed on the show until its final season. Like Pinkett, the character of Lena James was from a poor area of Baltimore. The character originally
4917-403: A smacked bum" and "Kitai [Jaden Smith's character] must be like his dad: show no fear. Or any emotion. Or any acting talent of any sort." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and commented that the movie is "a moral tale disguised as a sci-fi blockbuster. It's no classic, but it's a special movie: spectacular and wise." Jim Vejvoda of IGN awarded the film
5066-570: A three-year work effort, he signed with Roc Nation and Interscope Records to release his debut studio album, Syre (2017). It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200 , while his second and third albums, Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020), peaked at numbers 12 and 44, respectively. In 2022, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Bieber's album Justice . Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
5215-463: A volcano: The original version of Dianetics did not have any pictures on the cover. After Hubbard dreamed up OT III around 1967, someone got the idea of putting a volcano on the cover of Dianetics to 'restimulate the engrams' of us nonbelievers and influence us to buy the book. But most Scientologists don't know anything about OT III or why there is a volcano on the cover of some versions of Dianetics . A parody website cheerupwillsmith.com , which
5364-404: A womenswear campaign for Louis Vuitton wearing a skirt. Explaining his choice to wear a skirt, he said he was attempting to combat bullying, saying "In five years, when a kid goes to school wearing a skirt, he won't get beat up and kids won't get mad at him." Smith continued to wear womenswear throughout the rest of 2016. He was the first male model to model womenswear for Louis Vuitton. He created
5513-537: A young and pregnant actress she felt pressured and her mother urged her to get married. They have two children, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born 1998), and Willow Camille Reign Smith (born 2000). She is also the stepmother of Trey Smith, her husband's son from a previous marriage. Will commented in 2008 on their parenting styles: "We're not strict but we definitely believe it's a very important component for rearing children. It creates safety for them. They understand that they need guidance." The family resides in
5662-526: Is a paperback book with black-and-white illustrations for younger readers released by HarperCollins on May 21, 2013. After Earth: The Official Movie Novelization by Peter David was released in paperback by publishing company Del Rey Books on May 28, 2013. The book features an expanded story of the film as well as supplemental stories. A video game based on the film was developed by Canadian developer Behaviour Interactive and published by Reliance Games for iOS and Android in 2013, to coincide with
5811-457: Is a vegetarian . He started a mobile restaurant providing free vegan dinners for the homeless (but where others pay). His vegan lifestyle caused his parents to intervene, following a rapid decline in his health. He was later diagnosed with lactose intolerance and celiac disease . He later returned to vegetarianism. Beginning in November 2018, Smith has claimed that rapper Tyler, the Creator
5960-467: Is a dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi—and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career." On Metacritic , the film has a score of 33 out of 100 based on 41 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Joe Morgenstern , film critic for The Wall Street Journal , opened his review by asking: "Is After Earth
6109-642: Is an illustrated manual that describes the After Earth universe from the history of the United Ranger Corps written by Robert Greenberger. It was published through Insight Editions LLC and released on May 21, 2013. The book also follows humanity's exodus from Earth, and the ongoing battle against the Skrel. It contains the secrets of ghosting, the mastery of the cutlass, a schematic of the Ranger base,
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6258-465: Is as sassy and sizzling as a Salt-N-Pepa recording, walks away with the movie." In 1994, she also starred as a title character in Doug McHenry's romantic drama Jason's Lyric , opposite Allen Payne . In his positive review of the film, Roger Ebert wrote, "[Payne] has powerful chemistry with the enigmatic, teasing, tender character played by Pinkett; they really seem to like one another, which
6407-405: Is caught in an asteroid shower, causing them to crash-land on Earth, which humans had evacuated a thousand years earlier due to an environmental cataclysm. The two manage to survive, but Cypher's legs are broken in the process, and the main beacon for firing a distress signal is damaged. Cypher instructs Kitai to locate the tail section of the ship, which broke off on entry to the atmosphere. Inside
6556-409: Is damaged. In her nest, Kitai tries and fails to defend her chicks against large panthers before escaping to a river, where he drifts on a raft. After a sleep where he dreams of Senshi, he wakes up to a thermal shift that nearly freezes him to death. The large condor, who had been following him, shelters Kitai at the last moment, sacrificing her life. Kitai reaches the tail section and tries to activate
6705-536: Is gay, though she attributes them to having been seen dancing at LGBTQ+ clubs in Los Angeles in the 1990s. She does not deny, however, having experimented with intimacy with women, stating, "The truth is that during those early years of exploration in Hollywood, I had a few sexual experiences with women, only to realize that when it comes to sex, I love men...my belief is--women are the most amazing creatures on
6854-458: Is his boyfriend. Tyler, who is bisexual, denied this claim. In the song "NOIZE" on Erys in 2019, Tyler revealed, while rapping, that their relationship claims were sarcastic. Smith has been called a non-binary icon for his work in popular media challenging traditional gender roles . He is often seen in gender-fluid clothing, wearing dresses , skirts and high-heels . For his Vogue Korea editorial in 2016, he wore traditionally female attire:
7003-443: Is managed by James Lassiter and Miguel Melendez of Overbrook Entertainment , a company co-founded by Pinkett Smith's husband Will Smith. The band's self-titled debut album was released on February 21, 2006, by Pinkett Smith's production company 100% Womon and Suburban Noize Records . Will Smith served as the project's executive producer . The album made it to Billboard 's Top Heatseekers chart, and peaked at number 44 during
7152-436: Is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life. We'll be old together. Jada can ask me to do anything and she can have it." Pinkett Smith stated in the 2003 documentary Tupac: Resurrection that Shakur was "one of my best friends. He was like a brother. It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had, you only get that once in a lifetime." In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed that she had been diagnosed with
7301-422: Is not a feeling you always pick up in screen romances." That year, she also had a role in the romantic comedy-drama The Inkwell . In 1995, Pinkett played a convict on work release in the horror film Demon Knight . According to Larenz Tate , Pinkett was set to appear in the film Dead Presidents (1995), but she turned down the role of Delilah due to her loyalty to Shakur. The Hughes brothers directed
7450-518: Is set about 300 years after the last Skrel attack and the Rangers are in danger of being disbanded. Then, the Skrel attack with a new weapon—a bioweapon. The book also contains supplemental stories set just over 400 years further into the future. Main focus is on the Raige family and their Ranger heritage. After Earth: Kitai's Journal written by Christine Peymani and illustrated by Jason A. Katzenstein
7599-460: Is the backup beacon, which they can use to signal Nova Prime. Cypher gives Kitai his weaponized cutlass, a wrist communicator and six capsules of a fluid that enhances oxygen intake so he can breathe in Earth's low-oxygen atmosphere. Cypher warns him to avoid the highly evolved fauna and flora and be careful of violent thermal shifts. Kitai leaves to find the tail section, with Cypher guiding him through
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#17327975345257748-705: The 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. Pinkett Smith landed her big break on the sitcom A Different World in 1991. She then starred in films such as Menace II Society (1993), The Nutty Professor (1996) , Set It Off (1996), and Scream 2 (1997) before her prominent contributions to The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), and the animated Madagascar films . She returned to television with starring roles on Hawthorne (2009–2011) and Gotham (2014–2017). Her other acting roles include Magic Mike XXL (2015), Bad Moms (2016), Girls Trip (2017), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021). In 2002, Pinkett Smith began
7897-492: The 94th Academy Awards referring to Pinkett-Smith's hair resulted in Will Smith angrily slapping Rock in retaliation. Pinkett Smith speaks Spanish. Pinkett Smith has remained close to her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and said, "A mother and daughter's relationship is usually the most honest, and we are so close." She also added: "[My mother] understood what I wanted and never stood in my way." She participated as
8046-859: The Baltimore School for the Arts , and dedicated the new theater to her classmate and close friend Tupac Shakur . When Pinkett Smith's aunt, Karen Banfield Evans, was diagnosed with lupus , the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, in association with the Lupus Foundation of America and Maybelline , held the first annual "Butterflies Over Hollywood" event on September 29, 2007, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The event raised funds for LFA public and professional educational programs. The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation
8195-574: The Baltimore School for the Arts . The program is competitive; students must audition and only a few hundred are accepted each year. TWIGs is also often a stepping stone for additional arts training; about half of the entering class of Baltimore School for the Arts are TWIGs alumni. Pinkett attended the Baltimore School for the Arts , where she studied acting and dance. While at BSA, she met and became close friends with classmate and rapper Tupac Shakur . She also reunited with her friend, Josh Charles. Pinkett graduated in 1989. Pinkett has admitted she
8344-732: The European Space Agency (ESA) partnered with Sony Pictures International to support the release of the film, stating that it shares common themes in the film of concern for Earth's future and educating the next generation. ESA and Sony are holding the After Earth competition to win the opportunity to go to Bordeaux , France, and have a 'space experience' in weightlessness on a 'parabolic' flight on Novespace's ZERO-G aircraft. The winner would have received paid travel expenses to and from Bordeaux and one night's accommodation for two people and would only be eligible to participate in
8493-526: The Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk , which focuses on a wide range of topics. In a positive review, USA Today ' s Maeve McDermott praised the series for its "insightful guests, no-holds-barred topics and Smith's magnetic hosting presence". In 2021, Time magazine named Pinkett Smith and her co-hosts to its list of the 100 most influential people in the world ; they were chosen by comedian Tiffany Haddish. In 2021, Red Table Talk won
8642-451: The TNT medical drama Hawthorne , which premiered on June 16, 2009. USA Today remarked: "Pinkett Smith's Hawthorne is tired in every sense of the word, and she's not the only one. Every character and event falls under the category of painfully predictable". Hawthorne ended on August 16, 2011, after three seasons. In 2010, she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical as
8791-487: The maid of honor in Banfield-Norris's 1998 wedding to Paul Jones, a telecommunications executive. She met Will Smith in 1994 on the set of Smith's television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , when she auditioned for the role of his character's girlfriend, Lisa Wilkes. She was considered too short and the role went to actress Nia Long . Will and Jada later began dating after his divorce from Sheree Fletcher
8940-404: The reduced gravity aircraft on October 25 following a medical exam. Several books were released as supplemental tie-ins for the film: After Earth: Innocence by Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger , illustrated by Benito Lobel. Innocence is a prequel comic book to After Earth released by Del Rey Books on November 14, 2012. After Earth: United Ranger Corps Survival Manual
9089-633: The 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher, the son of Chris Gardner, Will Smith's character. For the role, he won the Breakthrough Performance award at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards . He next appeared as Jacob in the 2008 Scott Derrickson science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still , a remake of the 1951 classic of the same name . In 2010, with Jackie Chan , Smith starred in The Karate Kid ,
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#17327975345259238-423: The 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness , and he appeared with his father once more in the 2013 film After Earth . He also starred in the remake films The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), along with Keanu Reeves , and The Karate Kid (2010), along with Jackie Chan . Following a three-year hiatus, he returned to acting in 2016, starring in the two-part Netflix series The Get Down , and voice-acting in
9387-460: The European leg of the tour. In 2005, Sharon Osbourne saw Wicked Wisdom perform at a small nightclub in Los Angeles. She said: "I was blown away. When you see and hear Jada with her band it's apparent that she has nothing but love and respect for this genre of music". In May 2005, organizers announced Wicked Wisdom would perform on the second stage of 2005's Ozzfest . Aware of questions about
9536-710: The May 31 release of After Earth . The film premiered on May 29 at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, with a wide variety of celebrities attending including Bruce Willis , 50 Cent , Spike Lee , and Justin Bieber . Canadian comedian Russell Peters who made fun of Shyamalan when accepting the Razzie Award on his behalf for The Last Airbender also attended and even posed with Shyamalan. Sony Electronics hosted an exclusive 4K screening of After Earth at
9685-653: The No. 1 spot at the international box office. Including the film's launch in South Korea, After Earth made an estimated total of $ 48.6 million at the international box office, bringing its worldwide gross to an estimated $ 95,192,000. Sources for Sony Pictures International Releasing said the overall launch was bigger than debuts in the same territories of Oblivion ($ 45.1 million), The Last Airbender ($ 42.7 million) and Jaden Smith vehicle The Karate Kid ($ 32.3 million). Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer said that Sony
9834-624: The Oscars. I listened to all kinds of metal as a kid. Metallica , Guns N' Roses . I would always look at Axl Rose and say, "Why aren't there any chicks out there doing this now?" I always wanted an opportunity to get out there and rock out. —Pinkett Smith on why she created Wicked Wisdom Under the name Jada Koren, Pinkett Smith formed the metal band Wicked Wisdom in 2002. The band consists of Pinkett Smith performing lead vocals, Pocket Honore (guitar, vocals), Cameron "Wirm" Graves (guitar, keyboard, vocals), and Rio (bass, vocals). The band
9983-475: The Ozzfest tour, the whole attitude of it started to turn around once the word of mouth started getting out." After opening her music company 100% Women Productions, Pinkett Smith created her own fashion label, Maja, in 1994. The clothing line features women's T-shirts and dresses embellished with the slogan "Sister Power", sold primarily through small catalogs. In 2003, Pinkett Smith and Smith helped to create
10132-521: The Paramount Studios Theater on Friday May 31 during the 2013 Cine Gear Expo in Hollywood. The event was held for registered Cine Gear Expo attendees and Sony guests from 6:30-9:30 pm followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and production team. After guests filled the 500-plus-seat theater, a second screening was held on Saturday, June 1, 2013, in order to accommodate additional guests from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. On June 6,
10281-605: The Scientology claims as "silly nonsense" and a myth launched by a handful of self-promoters. The church's director of public affairs, Karin Pouw, stated to TheImproper magazine that "The film and its story line contain themes common to many of the world's philosophies, not unique to Scientology." While Pouw did not dispute the similarities, she countered that overcoming fear has been a universal theme in stories for thousands of years as well central to countless film plots. She noted
10430-480: The U.S. release of The Purge was rescheduled for June 7, 2013, taking over the slot vacated by After Earth . On May 3, 2013, it was revealed that Korean-American singer Jay Park would be participating on the official soundtrack of the film in Korea , with a song titled "I Like 2 Party". Then on May 5, 2013, another 30-second snippet of the song was then released with another teaser and trailer. In July 2012, it
10579-455: The UK on August 27, 2018. Jaden Smith's father Will revealed that his son sought an emancipation ruling without his parents' consent, as a present for his 15th birthday. Will told the media that Jaden's primary motivation was the establishment of his own residence and also explained that his children were not subject to strict parenting: "We generally don't believe in punishment. From the time Jaden
10728-710: The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland, a charity that focuses on youth in urban inner cities and family support. Her aunt, Karen Banfield Evans, is the foundation's executive director. The charity was awarded the David Angell Humanitarian Award by The American Screenwriters Association (ASA) in 2006. The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation has provided grants to non-profit organizations such as YouthBuild , and Pinkett Smith has made personal donations to organizations such as Capital K-9s. After meeting Tom Cruise during
10877-494: The acquisition, on July 24, 2020, Smith released the single "Cabin Fever", from his third album CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 , which he described is a completion of the trilogy of the previous Cool tapes and "also kinda completing the trilogies of Syre and Erys at the same time". The album includes a collaboration with Smith's friend and previous collaborator Justin Bieber, on the song "Falling for You". On June 21, 2021, Jaden released
11026-523: The autoimmune disease alopecia areata . Despite having many medical tests, she said she has not been able to find the cause of her alopecia, and that she suspects it might be stress. She shared a video on her Instagram account in December 2021 showing herself with a shaved head, saying: "Now at this point, I can only laugh" (...) "Mama's gonna have to take it down to the scalp so nobody thinks she got brain surgery or something. Me and this alopecia are going to be friends... period!". A joke by Chris Rock at
11175-429: The band's addition to Ozzfest, Pinkett Smith said, "I'm not here asking for any favors. You've got to show and prove. And not every audience is going to go for it." Wicked Wisdom's guitarist Pocket Honore said while early dates of the tour were rocky, "once word got out that we weren't a joke, people started coming out and by the sixth or seventh gig we were on fire". Pinkett Smith agreed, saying, "After seven dates within
11324-401: The box office. Ryan Nakashima of Associated Press was generally impressed with the film's 4K resolution picture quality, though the visual-effects shots that composed about a third of the movie were done in 2K resolution to save on cost and time. Nakashima commented "I could see details I've never noticed before—the actors' tiny skin imperfections, or Smith's salt-and-pepper whiskers. In
11473-489: The cast and humor, though did not feel it could "take full advantage of its assets". The film, nevertheless, earned more than US$ 183.9 million. Pinkett Smith next took on the role of a nurse and uptight mom in the comedy Girls Trip (2017), alongside Regina Hall , Queen Latifah , and Tiffany Haddish . The film was chosen by Time magazine as one of its top ten films of 2017, and grossed US$ 140 million worldwide, including over US$ 100 million domestically,
11622-403: The charismatic performance in the serious film The Pursuit of Happyness , also co-starring his son, to the performance in After Earth . She also saw compounding problems in the creative process leading to a lack of subtlety and nuance: "The script has no nuance, none. And when Shyamalan moves into the director's chair, the script problems are magnified." Scott Foundas of Variety opined that
11771-430: The clothing he has created through his brand MSFTSrep and his personal clothing style, wearing Batman protective armor to Kanye West's and Kim Kardashian's wedding and his prom. MSFTSrep's range includes hoodies, T-shirt, trousers and vests. In May 2013 Smith collaborated with a Korean designer, Choi Bum Suk, to create a pop-up store where customers can buy clothes with their collaborated logos. In 2016, Smith modelled in
11920-466: The communicator. Kitai confronts many hazards along the journey; bitten by a paralytic leech after fleeing from a pack of baboon-like monkeys he manages to self-medicate, but damages two of his capsules and does not report to Cypher. After being awakened , Kitai takes shelter just as the thermal shift arrives, where Cypher tells him a story about how he conceived "ghosting" to kill the Ursas. Kitai reaches
12069-621: The company's anime series, Neo Yokio . As a recording artist, Smith first guest performed on Canadian singer Justin Bieber 's 2010 single, " Never Say Never ". Released for The Karate Kid ' s accompanying soundtrack , the song peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and received quintuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He later released multiple mixtapes, including CTV2 (2014). Following
12218-423: The concept for his " California Love " (1995) music video and had intended to direct it, but she removed herself from the project. In 1995, she contributed $ 100,000 towards Shakur's bail as he awaited an appeal on his sexual abuse conviction. She later revealed that she turned down a marriage proposal from Shakur while he was incarcerated at Rikers Island in 1995. Speaking about her, Shakur stated: "Jada
12367-420: The concept for his " California Love " music video which she had intended to direct, but she removed herself from the project. In 1996, Pinkett directed the music video "Keep On, Keepin' On " by MC Lyte Feat. Xscape . Pinkett starred with actor and comedian Eddie Murphy in the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor , portraying the love interest of a morbidly-obese, kindhearted university professor. The film
12516-433: The death of his son. This resulted in fans Googling whether or not Jaden had died. Many of the posts referred to him as only 15 years old. Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith ( née Pinkett ; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, singer and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk , for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Award . Time named her one of
12665-516: The early 1990s, Pinkett Smith dated former basketball player Grant Hill while he attended Duke University . Pinkett Smith had a close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur which was formed when they were attending the Baltimore School for the Arts. Pinkett Smith secured Shakur a guest appearance on A Different World in 1993. She appeared in his music videos " Keep Ya Head Up " (1993) and " Temptations " (1995). She also came up with
12814-473: The emergency beacon, but the atmosphere blocks the signal. Kitai learns that the ship's Ursa has escaped and killed the rest of the crew. While he climbs up the volcano where he hopes to manage to activate the beacon he is being followed by the Ursa. It attacks him, but Kitai is able to kill it using the "ghost" technique he learned from Cypher. After activating the beacon he and Cypher are sent back to Nova Prime via
12963-442: The film and they had fired Shakur from Menace II Society . Pinkett also began directing music videos in 1995. She directed the music video " I'm Going Down " by girl group Y? N-Vee. She also directed the music video "How Many Times" by Gerald Levert and appeared in the video. "It was reported that Pinkett would direct the music video for Shakur's song "Can U Get Away" but another single was released instead. Pinkett came up with
13112-522: The film met with mediocre reviews, it won the National Board of Review 's Freedom of Expression Award. In 2001, Pinkett Smith portrayed a loud-mouthed wife in the moderately successful comedy Kingdom Come , with LL Cool J , Vivica A. Fox , Anthony Anderson , Toni Braxton , and Whoopi Goldberg . In the biographical sports drama Ali (2001), she played Sonji Roi, the first wife of boxer Muhammad Ali , opposite Will Smith . While she loved
13261-449: The film paralleling its teachings. The Hollywood Reporter published a guest-column review written by former Scientology member Marc Headley which pointed out similar parallels. David S. Touretzky , a research professor at Carnegie Mellon and a well-known expert on and critic of Scientology dismissed these perceived parallels: "I don't see any Scientology content at all in this movie." He told Rich Juzwiak of Gawker : The themes of
13410-468: The film to the "flop" Battlefield Earth , describing the film as "an unholy mess of platitudes and posturing" that wastes the talents and charm of Will Smith. Pointing out Smith's alleged ties to Scientology, including his funding of New Village Leadership Academy , a school that uses Study Tech as its teaching method, Matt Patches of Vulture declared the movie probably the clearest evidence of Smith's investment in Scientology, and detailed how he saw
13559-506: The film was a commercial success, earning $ 532 million worldwide, and becoming one of the biggest hits of 2005. In 2007, she played the wife of an affluent dentist in the drama Reign Over Me , with Adam Sandler , Don Cheadle , Liv Tyler , and Donald Sutherland . Entertainment Weekly called the film a "strange, black-and-blue therapeutic drama equally mottled with likable good intentions and agitating clumsiness", and found Pinkett Smith "graceful" in it. In 2008, Pinkett Smith took on
13708-401: The film was further proof that Shyamalan had become a "director-for-hire", with "his disinterest palpable from first frame to last". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film one star out of five, calling it "another uncompromisingly terrible film ... featuring a triple-whammy of abysmal acting, directing and story" and saying that Jaden Smith "plays the role throughout with a face like
13857-502: The filming of Collateral (2004), Pinkett Smith and Will Smith donated $ 20,000 to the Hollywood Education and Literacy Program (HELP), Scientology 's basis for homeschooling. Pinkett Smith reported using Scientology's Study Technology to homeschool her children, and she credited Scientology's Narconon with helping her father with his addiction. In 2006, Pinkett Smith donated $ 1 million to her high school alma mater,
14006-544: The filming was to take place at the new Sun Center Studios in Delaware County (Chester Township). Other locations would be in Costa Rica, Utah and Northern California. Shyamalan also visited Valley Forge Military Academy , the filming location of Taps , for research of the film, then entitled After Earth , as Jaden Smith would be playing a military cadet of the future. The screenplay by Whitta and Shyamalan
14155-508: The final product, she initially did not think she was the right person for the role: "I felt like because we were a couple off screen, for people to see us together on the screen in a movie like this, would take people out of the movie, that people would see Will and Jada there—they wouldn't see Ali and Sonji". Perhaps her best-known role to date is the part of human rebel Niobe in the films The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), sequels to 1999's The Matrix , and
14304-656: The first comedy of 2017 to do so. In July 2017, Pinkett Smith appeared at the Essence Festival where, on the Empowerment Stage, she appeared to talk alongside Queen Latifah . Pinkett Smith spoke highly of the cast reflecting their characters in real life, stating that they are all women who love other women and work to empower each other, a feature that she notes as rare in Hollywood. Beginning in May 2018, Pinkett Smith along with her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris and her daughter Willow Smith have hosted
14453-459: The first film from Sony to be both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format. It was primarily shot with Sony 's CineAlta F65 camera, which was shipped in January 2012. However, a skydiving sequence required a smaller sized Canon Cinema EOS C500 4K camera mounted on the helmet of a professional skydriver. The cinematographer Peter Suschitzky who picked Sony F65 digital camera for
14602-596: The founding investors of an energy storage company. Pinkett-Smith produces films through jointly owned production companies with husband Will Smith under Overbrook Entertainment and Westbrook Inc. In 2019, Westbrook Entertainment was acquired by Mark Gillespie's Three Six Zero, diversifying that talent management company. In 1997, Pinkett Smith was the emcee of the Million Woman March in Philadelphia. Together with Will, Pinkett Smith has created
14751-438: The marketing campaign. Sony's worldwide marketing and distribution chairman, Jeff Blake, said that "Night is, without a doubt, a world-class filmmaker who we were thrilled to team up with on this project," but "Together, we decided to focus our campaign on both the action and both Will and Jaden given that 'After Earth' is an adventure story of a father and son." Alex Suskind of Moviefone pointed out to Shyamalan that After Earth
14900-564: The mirror and be okay'. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man". However, she denied such, clarifying her statements on Facebook , writing: "Open marriage? The statement I made in regard to, 'Will can do whatever he wants', has illuminated the need to discuss the relationship between trust and love and how they co-exist". In June 2020, singer and rapper August Alsina —a friend of Pinkett Smith's son Jaden—said that he and Pinkett Smith had been involved in an adulterous affair in 2016, when he
15049-440: The moon, which he described as "'magnificent desolation' in contrast to the magnificent experience that humanity could move itself ahead to get to the moon." In a 2015 interview with Esquire , Smith called After Earth "the most painful failure in his career" and expressed regret over leading his son into the film. He also unfavorably compared the experience to Wild Wild West (1999), which also underperformed expectations at
15198-415: The movie appear to be standard adventure fare: physical courage, coming of age, father/son relationships, battling danger to prove oneself and earn a father's respect. These are not Scientology themes. There is no mention of evil psychiatrists, mind control, engrams , etc. Touretzky also addressed multiple points made by the Scientology hypothesis including the film's marketing materials prominently featuring
15347-412: The movie is "quite action packed" and a "touching father/son story" but is not realistic because "there was a lot of noise. In space, you don't get that much noise," a quote that is highly cited in the news and labeled nitpicking or panning the film. Aldrin was impressed by the set design stating that "the scenes of the cities were really remarkable" but differed significantly from his experience on
15496-492: The movie over other digital and film cameras, argued that benefits of film are lost when shown in theaters with digital projectors, as many are today. On April 19, 2013, Shyamalan then announced that the release date had been moved a week earlier to May 31, 2013 in North America and Korea, which put it against Now You See Me and The Purge , scheduled to open in the United States in the same week. A few days later,
15645-524: The movie was also pushed back from September 2011 to January 2012. On July 25, 2011, Smith travelled to Costa Rica accompanied by an entourage of about 20 people, including Shyamalan, to scout for locations to shoot the film. They visited sites like the Arenal Volcano , hot springs and a lake, and some beaches. In September 2012, Columbia committed to a June 7, 2013 release date. Shyamalan also scouted locations in Philadelphia. Fifty percent of
15794-436: The opportunity to work with him, Whitta fleshed out Smith's idea and pitched it to him, subsequently becoming the first employee on the project. A month after the release of The Last Airbender , Smith contacted M. Night Shyamalan on August 6, 2010, to wish him a "Happy Birthday" on his 40th birthday and also to persuade him to direct his film along with his son Jaden as the star. Smith and Shyamalan had planned to work on
15943-504: The planet, and I hold reverence for women through my friendships." After Earth The film follows father and son, Cypher and Kitai Raige, who find themselves crash-landing on the abandoned Earth. When Cypher gets injured from the crash, Kitai must travel across the wild environment in search of a backup beacon to fire a distress signal, while having to defend himself from the highly evolved animals, as well as an extraterrestrial creature that detects its prey by smelling fear. The film
16092-457: The power to change the world in any way they wish." In 2005, Pinkett Smith became one of many celebrities to invest a combined total of US$ 10 million in Carol's Daughter , a line of beauty products created by Lisa Price. She became a spokesman for the beauty line, and said, "To be a part of another African American woman's dream was just priceless to me." In 2015, the Smith couple were among
16241-508: The production design "blandly generic" and the special effects, props and costumes "cheap and slapdash-looking". However, Austin Kennedy of Film Geek Central said the special effects were "top-notch", John Depko and Susanne Perez of Daily Pilot called them "impressive", Nathan Duke of Patch Media said they were "impressive enough", and Peter Feldman of The Citizen described them as "solid". American astronaut Buzz Aldrin said
16390-511: The related video game Enter The Matrix (2003). The character was written specifically with Pinkett Smith in mind. Directly after she filmed her scenes for Ali , Pinkett Smith flew to Australia to work on the Matrix sequels. The sequels earned over $ 91 million and $ 48 million during their North American opening weekends, respectively. In the neonoir thriller Collateral (2004), alongside Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise , Pinkett Smith played
16539-595: The relationship with Alsina and stated she has not spoken to him since. Pinkett Smith's use of the word "entanglement" went viral on the Internet. In 2021, Will Smith stated that Pinkett Smith "never believed in conventional marriage" and that both of them have had sexual relationships outside of their marriage. In October 2023, Pinkett Smith stated that she and Smith had been separated since 2016, though they have no intention to divorce. In her 2023 memoir Worthy , Pinkett noted that "there have always been rumors" that she
16688-418: The release of the film. During its opening weekend, After Earth took in $ 27.5 million in box office receipts in the United States and Canada. Sony Pictures projected a launch of around $ 38 million, but the actual number was 17% lower than the lowest pre-release expectation of $ 33 million. It finished in third place behind holdover Fast & Furious 6 , an action film , and newcomer Now You See Me ,
16837-499: The role of a lesbian author in the all-female comedy The Women , opposite Meg Ryan , Annette Bening , Debra Messing , and Eva Mendes . Though a commercial success, The Women was panned by critics, with Pinkett Smith earning a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performance. Her directorial debut was the drama The Human Contract (also 2008); she also wrote it, and starred as
16986-509: The romantic drama Life in a Year , to positive reviews. In 2010, Smith rapped alongside Canadian singer Justin Bieber in the song " Never Say Never ". It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 5× Platinum in the US. On October 1, 2012, Smith released his debut mixtape, The Cool Cafe . He released the sequel to The Cool Cafe on November 8, 2014, titled CTV2 . Smith started working on his debut studio album in 2014,
17135-539: The same day and reached No. 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Smith later announced that his next project following Syre would be titled Erys on December 14, 2017. Another project, Syre: The Electric Album , was later teased via Twitter. Leading up to the release of the project, Smith released the single "Ghost" featuring Christian Rich . On July 8, 2018, Smith released the project exclusively on Instagram on his 20th birthday. The project
17284-507: The same logic would seemingly make Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace a Scientology-themed movie, which includes the dialogue, "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." Later, domain registrar and web-hosting company Go Daddy took down cheerupwillsmith.com citing "Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, and False Identity." Joe Kloc of The Daily Dot presumes
17433-723: The same name by James McBride . Smith plays Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in Kansas Territory in 1857 who encounters abolitionist John Brown . Smith took a break from acting following the release of his mixtape Cool Tape Vol. 2 to focus on music. He then returned to act in Netflix original The Get Down in 2017. He also had a voice-acting role in Neo Yokio and a role in Nashville as himself. Commenting on his break from acting, he said, "The kinds of roles I
17582-510: The screenplay with Gary Whitta , also additionally co-produced the film with Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith , Caleeb Pinkett, and James Lassiter . Doug Belgrad , president of Columbia Pictures, made the announcement and said, "Night is an outstanding filmmaker who has a tremendous vision for this science-fiction adventure story and we couldn't be more excited to be working again with Jaden after our experiences on The Pursuit of Happyness and The Karate Kid ," and added "We're thrilled to have
17731-463: The second and third seasons of the series. In 2015, she starred in the comedy Magic Mike XXL , as the manager of a star stripper club, opposite Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello . The film made US$ 122.5 million worldwide. She starred with Mila Kunis , Kristen Bell and Christina Applegate in the comedy Bad Moms (2016), as the sidekick of a domineering parent-teacher association head. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised
17880-440: The setting to 1000 years in the future, which imposed a higher production budget. The film was also intended to be the first in a trilogy . Smith had his production company Overbrook contact Gary Whitta (who was then known for his script for The Book of Eli ) with a simple log line for a film: a father and son crash landed on Earth 1000 years after it had been abandoned by humankind. Impressed with his idea and excited about
18029-429: The single " BYE ". On August 27, 2021, Jaden released another version of the album CTV3: Day Tripper's Edition on all streaming platforms. Smith's influences include Kid Cudi , Kanye West , Kurt Cobain and Tycho . He also considers his father, Will Smith, an inspiration, saying: "He started in music and transitioned to movies. I started with movies, and then I transitioned into making music—I look at him and use it as
18178-494: The sister of a successful but unhappy businessman, with Paz Vega and Idris Elba . It debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008. The success of Madagascar led Pinkett Smith to return to the role of Gloria in the 2008 sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa , which earned US$ 603 million at the international box office. Pinkett Smith was an executive producer and starred as a Chief Nursing Officer in
18327-442: The television series All of Us , which aired on UPN / The CW . Pinkett Smith published her first children's book, Girls Hold Up This World , in 2005. "I wrote the book for Willow and for her friends and for all the little girls in the world who need affirmation about being female in this pretty much masculine world. I really tried to capture different sides of femininity. I want girls in the world to feel powerful, to know they have
18476-512: The title role of an extroverted woman, alongside Tommy Davidson , in the comedy Woo . While favorably reviewing her performance in Woo , Derek Armstrong of AllMovie wrote that the script was "formulaic" and "not much of a vehicle for its impish starlet". She next starred in Spike Lee 's film Bamboozled (2000) as a personal assistant to the main character, played by Damon Wayans . Although
18625-470: The two of them together on this project." Shyamalan also added, "The chance to make a scary, science-fiction film starring Jaden and Will is my dream project." Will Smith's decision to take on the starring adult male role required him to step aside in producing and starring in the Hurricane Katrina drama The American Can , and offered the lead role to Denzel Washington instead. The shooting of
18774-533: The week of March 11, 2006. AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson said of the album, "[Pinkett Smith] shows herself to be an expressive, commanding singer" and that "[Wicked Wisdom] shows considerable promise". The band promoted the album in 2006, touring with heavy metal band Sevendust . Wicked Wisdom landed a slot on Britney Spears ' Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004, one of the year's highest-profile tours. The band opened for Spears for eight dates in April and May 2004, during
18923-430: The worst movie ever made?" His answer was "Maybe not; there's always Battlefield Earth to remind us how low the bar can go." Like Morgenstern, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times made note of the film's use of central themes in Scientology before concluding the film was nothing more than a "big-screen vanity project". Los Angeles Times reviewer Betsy Sharkey wondered how the elder Smith could have gone from
19072-596: Was "the one to watch". Budgeted at $ 9 million, Set It Off made $ 41 million globally. In 1997, Pinkett had a cameo role in Scream 2 as a college student who is brutally murdered in front of hundreds of filmgoers. The film made more than $ 100 million at the North American box office. In 1998, she played a news reporter in the thriller Return to Paradise , with Joaquin Phoenix and Vince Vaughn , and took on
19221-569: Was 23 years old and she was 44. He also claimed that the affair happened with Will Smith's permission. A spokesman for Pinkett Smith denied the claims, saying they were "absolutely not true". On July 10, during an episode of Red Table Talk featuring her husband, Pinkett Smith confirmed an "entanglement" with Alsina during their separation, although not with his permission. Pinkett Smith said that Alsina misconstrued it as permission because she and her husband were "separated amicably". She eventually got back together with her husband after breaking off
19370-530: Was a commercial success, earning $ 25 million in its first weekend in North America and eventually $ 274 million worldwide. She also had a lead role in Set It Off (1996), a crime drama about four women who rob banks to escape from poverty, opposite Queen Latifah , Vivica A. Fox , and Kimberly Elise . Her acting in the film was noted in the San Francisco Chronicle , which wrote that she
19519-637: Was a fish out of water; as a freshman she explained, "I really miss my homeboys. They're not like these Hillman brothers, all self-involved and afraid to sweat." The character of Lena James adapts and as a sophomore, when her Baltimore friends visit, she finds herself stuck between the world where she was raised and the world she was now in at Hillman. Lena James enters Hillman as an engineering major, but discovers her talent for writing and switches to journalism. In 1993, Pinkett appeared in her first film, Menace II Society . A recommendation from her friend Tupac Shakur got her cast as single mother Ronnie. Shakur
19668-506: Was also disappointed with the box office performance and joked "Here's how I think about it, Jimmy, let's be honest. Three is the new one. You know how many ones it takes to make a 3?" and "It's been almost, like, in over 2 decades since I had a movie that wasn't number one! ... That's over now, buddy! Thanks!" On the worldwide release the following week, After Earth took in an estimated $ 45.5 million in 60 overseas markets, narrowly beating Fast & Furious 6 estimates of $ 45.3 million for
19817-452: Was also set to appear in the film before he was fired. Pinkett considered dropping out of the film after Shakur's departure but he convinced her to keep the role. In 1994, Pinkett acted with Keenen Ivory Wayans in the action and comedy film A Low Down Dirty Shame . She described her character Peaches as "raw" with "major attitude", and her acting garnered positive reviews. The New York Times wrote, "Ms. Pinkett, whose performance
19966-425: Was always going to be a worldwide play." The Hollywood Reporter reported Sony insiders also estimated a potential loss at about $ 20 million if the film does not gross high overseas, though estimates of top executives at several other rival studios are much higher. The film ended up losing on about $ 30 million overseas and rival top executives were then proven right. On Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Will Smith admitted he
20115-541: Was announced as an opener during J. Cole 's KOD Tour alongside Young Thug and EarthGang and on August 2, performed for the first time at Lollapalooza . One of Smith's influences, Kid Cudi , stated that he would like to make an album with Smith, which Smith supported, saying that he would like to in the future during an interview on August 21, 2018. Jaden was managed by Will Smith's management company, Westbrook Entertainment, until March 2019 when Three Six Zero, an established management firm, acquired Westbrook. Following
20264-485: Was announced that James Newton Howard would score music for the film in his seventh and final collaboration with the director. An album consisting of Howard's score was released through Sony Masterworks on May 28, 2013. The estimated worldwide marketing budget for After Earth was approximately $ 100 million in addition to the $ 130 million budget to produce the film. Initial marketing began online with an internet marketing campaign on Facebook and Google+ , including
20413-531: Was being offered weren't exactly what I was looking for, nothing felt really necessary that I needed to be in until this came along". Smith has returned to acting in films with the announcement of a film based on skateboarding. On June 21, 2018, Crystal Moselle's Skate Kitchen released its first official trailer with Smith as the main character. It was released on August 10, 2018, after screening at Sundance in Winter 2017. In 2020, he starred with Cara Delevingne in
20562-639: Was born July 8, 1998, in Malibu, California , the son of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith . He has an older half-brother, Trey Smith (b. 1992) and a younger sister, Willow Smith (b. 2000). He attended New Village Leadership Academy before being homeschooled by his parents. Growing up, his fame and his family's celebrity status prevented him from having a normal childhood, something he has spoken on at length. He took up skateboarding. Smith and his siblings were youth ambassadors for Project Zambi, which, in conjunction with Hasbro , helps Zambian children orphaned by AIDS . Smith made his major role debut in
20711-577: Was created for the purpose of cheering up Will Smith with the perceived failure of After Earth , gained some attention in the media. Flyers were also posted in East Village, Manhattan requesting Scientology members to see After Earth a minimum of three times and then upload a positive video for Will Smith on that website. The site has a video mockumentary of two Sea Org members, along their way to see After Earth , recording video praises for Will Smith from strangers and cajoling them into signing
20860-633: Was finalized in 1995. Prior to this, Will had developed an attraction to Jada, but did not act on it. Jada eventually moved from her hometown of Baltimore to California to be with him. On December 31, 1997, while Jada was three months pregnant, about 100 guests attended their wedding at The Cloisters , near her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Regarding her marriage, Jada said that they are "private people" and told one interviewer, "I will throw my career away before I let it break up our marriage. I made it clear to Will. I'd throw it away completely". She later revealed that she "never wanted to be married," but as
21009-461: Was five or six, we would sit him down, and all he has to do is be able to explain why what he did was the right thing for his life." However, Smith and his father appeared together on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 15, 2013, where Jaden said: The thing that people don't get is everything at his house is free. So I can get anything and everything at his house, so I'm going to be there for 20, 30 more years. He [Will Smith] says that as soon as I have
21158-459: Was happy with the overseas opening and expects much of the film's ticket sales to come from international markets and "It definitely was the exciting start we were looking for internationally." The film's final numbers were $ 60.5 million in North America and $ 243.8 million worldwide. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 12% based on 214 reviews and an average rating of 3.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " After Earth
21307-604: Was later polished by Stephen Gaghan and Mark Boal . Jonathan Young , a psychologist and screenwriter, polished the mythic journey structure. As reported by Screen Rant in 2020, "Some scripts sidelined Will completely in favor of his son, Jaden, but Sony wanted him on the big screen as much as possible." Principal photography for After Earth began in February 2012. Much of the filming took place in Costa Rica , Humboldt County and Aston . After Earth also became
21456-466: Was later released four days later to streaming platforms. Syre: The Electric Album is a guitar-centric rework of Smith's studio album Syre and is influenced by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Less than a year later, on July 5, 2019, Smith released his second studio album, Erys , and debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200. On July 30, 2018, Smith
21605-482: Was not being marketed on the strength of his name unlike his previous projects, to which he responded, "There's such a specific expectation that comes with a name. It's nice to have people watch the movie and then have them talk about the storyteller; it's a healthy balance." On April 24, XPRIZE , Sony and Overbrook launched the XPRIZE After Earth Challenge, a robotics competition to promote
21754-532: Was not the best student in high school, and frequently showed up late. Nonetheless, she credits her teachers at the Baltimore School for the Arts as providing her creative inspiration and instilling her with self-love. Pinkett has remained an active alumnus of BSA. Pinkett has said "I got many different stomping grounds here in Baltimore City." She was raised in the Pimlico / Arlington neighborhood in
21903-494: Was presented with an award in 2007 at the 4th Annual Lupus Foundation of America Awards. In 2012, on behalf of PETA , Pinkett Smith wrote a letter to Baltimore's mayor, asking that the visiting Ringling Brothers Circus "comply with Baltimore's absolute prohibition of the use of devices such as bullhooks" and not harm the elephants. In 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci 's "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women's issues globally. In
22052-515: Was released in IMAX on May 31, 2013. Upon release, After Earth was panned by film critics, who targeted the story, visuals, performances of Will and Jaden Smith, and Shyamalan's direction. It made $ 243.8 million at the box office against a budget of $ 130 million. In the future on a human-populated space colony, Nova Prime, the S'krell extraterrestrial race attempts to take it over with creatures called Ursas, which hunt by "sensing" fear. Ranger Corps,
22201-421: Was similarly impressed by the visual effects (though he did not enjoy the movie itself): "Even sitting too far away, the movie itself looked gorgeous—sharp as a tack with beautiful colors. The smallest details, such as Jaden Smith's character in the far distance, somehow looked clearer than I would have expected under normal circumstances; I got the distinct impression that the image could have been blown up by quite
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