Will Smith

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.

Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith can certainly be proud of their latest accomplishment. Their musical FELA! just received three Tony Awards on Sunday, June 13th, 2010 for Best Choreography, Best Sound Design of a Musical and Best Costume Design of a Musical. The musical was labeled as “the most original play on Broadway.”

FELA! was nominated, in total, in 11 categories including Best Musical. The music from the musical was recognized, as well, for giving the musical “a good vibe that helped to tell the story of Kuti.

Pictured here, at the awards ceremony, are Beyonce, Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Enjoy a quick glimpse at the Karate Kid premiere. Listen to a short interview with producer, and father of the star, Will Smith, and a much longer interview with Karate Kid director Harald Zwart

Here are some recent pictures of the L.A. premier of The Karate Kid movie, starring Jaden Smith. This picture includes Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith, Jaden Smith, Trey Smith and Jackie Chan.

And here are Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, the stars of The Karate Kid.

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.

Here is a picture of FELA! producers Jay-Z, Beyonce and Will Smith and Jada Pickett Smith at the post-theater reception honoring the Broadway show ‘FELA!’ The reception took place at The Palm West on May 20,2010.

In recent very exciting news for FELA!, the show was nominated for an amazing 11 Tony Awards when the awards were announced on May 4^th.  The production has received rave reviews since it opened on November 23, 2009, after also enjoying a brief run off-Broadway in 2008.

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.

Will Smith, Karate Kid 2010 and James Lassiter

How did Will Smith and James Lassiter begin their working career?  How did the two even meet? It started with James Lassiter becoming friendly with Jeffrey Townes at university.  He was, at the time, rapping with Will Smith who was then into the music world.  So this led to the meeting between Lassiter and Smith.  Some time later, Lassiter started working for Smith as his road manager.  This relationship endured for 20 years.  Although he also worked for other companies throughout the years, it was with Will Smith Lassiter always went back to as a business partner.

So clearly, these two producers of the upcoming Karate Kid movie made a great team.

Columbia Pictures has officially announced that the third part of the Men in Black series will appear on May 25, 2012.  Will Smith has committed to continuing his role as James Darrel Edwards III or Agent J.  This time, the film will be in 3D and will use a time travel element to move the characters and action from the present day back to 1969.

Barry Sonnenfeld is set to direct again, while Steven Spielberg will return to be the executive producer.  The Men in Black series, which is based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham, grossed $589 million worldwide for the first film in 1997, and $442 million in global ticket sales for the 2002 sequel.

Two of the Producers of Karate Kid Movie

One of the producers of the upcoming Karate Kid movie, out on June 11, 2010, was James Lassiter. Lassiter – apart from being a movie producer and having connections with the Karate Kid – has also actually been doing business with Will Smith for many years. Will Smith and his family have big involvements in the new movie. Firstly, it is his son Jaden Smith who plays the leading role of the karate kid in the movie. Second, Smith and Lassiter work together as two of the producers.