Will Smith

If you’ve been on the edge of your seat to learn more about the upcoming film, Men in Black 3 with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, you don’t need to wait any longer. Here’s the up-to-the-minute scoop.

Men in Black 3 is scheduled to begin shooting in New York in September. The majority of the film, according to insiders, will take place in 1969 due to a time traveling enemy (Jemaine Clement) who will force Jay (Will Smith) to follow him to the past. Barry Sonnenfeld will be on board to direct with a script written by David Koepp.

And if you like to have your calendar organized nice and early – make sure to mark May 25, 2012 as the start date for the latest in the Men in Black series.

According to Variety, Will Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz of Overbrook Entertainment are all teaming up with Debbie Allen to produce a film about African-American neuroscience professor Dr. S. Allen Counter. Farhad Safinia has been tapped to pen the script.

Smith has worked with Dr. Counter in the past for projects for Haiti relief. Dr. Counter is the current director of the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University and he is a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Here’s a great video of The Karate Kid star, Jaden Smith, with his parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith during the opening of the movie in Berlin. Enjoy clips from the film and an amusing interview with the Smith family, lead by Will Smith.

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith and Willow Smith hit Germany this week for the premiere there of The Karate Kid. The premiere was in Berlin, Germany on Monday, July 19th.

Jaden posed for pictures and signed autographs in the German capital.

The Karate Kid finally hit London, as the premiere took place on July 16th, 2010. Producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were there to support Jaden, their 12 year old son and the star of the remake.

When asked about her son, Jada Pinkett Smith said, “You know, it’s Will and I… I just felt like two artists would create a little artist. When he was born he used to love dancing to Michael Jackson…. And then as he got older, he had some real skills.”

Will Smith explained that Jaden “didn’t have the shock and the radical life change that child actors usually have coming into the business.’

Crowds in India are, apparently, going wild over the new Karate Kid movie, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan and produced by Will Smith.

As Kercy Daruwala, managing director at Sony Pictures, said, “We are expecting the numbers to go up in the coming week following positive word-of- mouth publicity. Many shows drew full houses during the weekend.”

Bollywood loves Jackie Chan, and, according to the article, this is the highest grossing Jackie Chan movie in India to date.

Listen to Will Smith, in his own words, discuss his work ethic and his philosophy about life. It’s certainly a very worthwhile six minutes!

Will Smith discusses working on the newly-released film, The Karate Kid. As a producer of The Karate Kid Movie, Will Smith shares some of his insights about the film. The Karate Kid was released on June 11th, and stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.

Over 800 Dallas school kids enjoyed a fantastic day on May 27^th at Cinemark 17 Theater.  They participated in a street festival and private screening of the Columbia Pictures soon-to-be-released The Karate Kid.

Organized by the DALLAS Film Society, the event included exciting appearances of Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Will Smith.

As Tanya Foster, the president and CEO of the DALLAS Film Society said, “This has to be the very best After School All-Stars program we have ever dreamed of.  To be able to create a cultural event like this and to bus in more than 800 kids to see Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan and Will Smith ‘gettin’ jiggy with it’ at today’s celebration and screening was priceless.”

Will Smith signed autographs for kids in the audience and then took the stage to add his support to the new film.

In exciting recent Will Smith news, Will was just spotted at the Miami premiere of Jaden’s new movie The Karate Kid.

Here’s Jaden at the premiere on the red carpet. And there’s dad, Will Smith, not far behind.