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Grammys 2025: Will Smith Makes First Major Award Show Appearance Since Oscars Slap
Will Smith’s foray into romantic comedies didn’t quite go off without a hitch.
Two decades after the actor starred opposite Eva Mendes in the 2005 hit Hitch, the film’s director Andy Tennant revealed he didn’t have the smoothest experience working with his onscreen lead.
“We had our difficulties,” the filmmaker said in an interview with Business Insider published Feb. 11. “The movie I wanted to make and the movie Will wanted to make, neither one of those movies is as good as the movie we made together. It was a battle.”
Andy went on to accuse the Oscar winner of trying to “back out” of the project just three days before the start of filming so he could “work on it some more.” However, the director commended Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith for allegedly stepping in behind the scenes.
“Jada was a big help,” he continued. “She kind of seconded some of my instincts. There was a time during prep when I was pushing back on a lot of crazy s--t that was happening.”
Despite the alleged friction, Andy said he was willing to move forward with a second Hitch movie and even “submitted a proposal for a sequel.” And while his version of the project never got off the ground, he said he recently learned that Will was moving forward with a follow-up of his own.
“I just found out about it three months ago,” he shared. “I had a really good idea for a sequel, and I was talking to an executive at Sony, and he said Will’s production company is developing a sequel.”
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Andy added, “Hey, that’s Hollywood.”
E! News has reached out to Will and Jada’s reps for comment but has not heard back.
Meanwhile, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum is working on a follow-up to his 2007 thriller I Am Legend alongside Michael B. Jordan, who previously shared he was “really looking forward to” working with Will.
“We're still working on the script and getting that up to par,” Michael told People in June. "It doesn't have a release date or anything like that. I'm not sure exactly where we're going to be filming that one, but I'm really excited to get in front of the camera with him.”
For now, keep scrolling to see which movies are set for release in the not-so-distant future…
Glen Wilson/Amazon Studios
You're Cordially Invited - January 30, 2025
Chaos ensues when a woman (Reese Witherspoon) planning her sister’s perfect wedding and the father (Will Ferrell) of a young bride-to-be find out that they are double booked for their destination wedding.
Where to Watch: Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Warner Bros. Pictures
Companion - January 31, 2025
Jack Quaid (The Boys) and Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) star in this sci-fi horror comedy, billed as "a new kind of love story."
Where to Watch: In theaters
Netflix
Kinda Pregnant - February 5, 2025
Jealous of her best friend’s pregnancy, Lainy (Amy Schumer) wears a fake baby bump ... and then accidentally meets the man of her dreams.
Where to Watch: Streaming on Netflix
Allen Fraser/Universal Pictures
Love Hurts - February 7, 2025
A realtor (Ke Huy Quan) with a secret past is suddenly pulled back into a world of hitmen, double-crosses, and open houses turned into deadly warzones.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Spyglass Media Group
Heart Eyes - February 7, 2025
The "Heart Eyes Killer" wreaks havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Jay Maidment/Universal Pictures
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - February 13, 2025
Renée Zellweger returns as everyone's favorite singleton for this fourth movie in the franchise, joined by Leo Woodall, Chiwetel, Ejiofor, and Isla Fisher. Now a widowed single mother, Bridget must juggle work, parenthood and romance.
Where to Watch: Streaming exclusively on Peacock
Columbia Pictures/StudioCanal
Paddington in Peru - February 14, 2025
Everyone's favorite marmalade sandwich-loving bear returns for a third installment, in which Paddington and his adopted family, the Browns, decide to visit his aunt Lucy in Peru.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Marvel Studios
Captain America: Brave New World - February 14, 2025
Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident after meeting with President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford).
Where to Watch: In theaters
NEON
The Monkey - February 21, 2025
Theo James stars as twin brothers in this horror comedy film based on the 1980 short story by Stephen King.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Focus Features
Last Breath - February 28, 2025
A true story that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they attempt to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Warner Bros. Pictures
Mickey 17 - March 7, 2025
Director Bong Joon Ho follows up his Oscar-winning film Parasite with this sci-fi thriller starring Robert Pattinson as an “expendable” employee sent to colonize an ice planet.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Warner Bros. Pictures
Sinners - March 7, 2025
Michael B. Jordan reunites with his Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler on this tale of twin brothers who return to their hometown, only to discover an evil force waiting to welcome them back.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Focus Features
Black Bag - March 14, 2025
Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett star as husband and wife in this spy thrilled directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Where to Watch: In theaters
A24
Opus - March 14, 2025
A young writer (The Bear's Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago, and soon finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Paramount Pictures
Novocaine - March 14, 2025
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Jack Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Disney
Snow White - March 21, 2025
Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot star in a live-action musical reimagining of the Disney classic.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Warner Bros. Pictures
A Minecraft Movie - April 4, 2025
A live-action adaptation of the best-selling video game of all time, starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, and Jennifer Coolidge.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
Drop - April 11, 2025
A widowed mother (The White Lotus' Meghann Fahy) on her first date in years is terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Bleecker Street
The Wedding Banquet - April 18, 2025
A reimagining of Ang Lee's 1993 romantic comedy, starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, and Kelly Marie Tran.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Amazon MGM Studios / Prime Video
Another Simple Favor - May 1, 2025
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick reunite for this highly anticipated follow-up to director Paul Feig's 2018 black comedy.
Where to Watch: Streaming on Prime Video
Marvel Studios
Thunderbolts - May 2, 2025
This latest Marvel superhero entry follows "the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits" and stars Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Sebastian Stan.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Andrew Cooper/Lionsgate
Hurry Up Tomorrow - May 16, 2025
Based on The Weeknd's studio album of the same name, this psychological thriller stars the singer as a musician plagued by insomnia. Also starring Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
Disney
Lilo & Stitch - May 23, 2025
A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic about a lonely Hawaiian girl and the mischievous alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Sony Pictures
Karate Kid: Legends - May 30, 2025
When a troubled young kung fu prodigy enters a karate competition, he enlists the help of Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) to merge their two styles inot one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Lionsgate
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina - June 6, 2025
Ana de Armas steps into the criminal underworld of John Wick as a trainee assassin seeking revenge.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon - June 13, 2025
The beloved animated franchise get the live-action treatment, bringing the epic adventures of Hiccup and Toothless to life with cutting-edge visual effects.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
Jurassic World Rebirth - July 2, 2025
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter of the dino franchise sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Warner Bros. Pictures
Superman - July 11, 2025
Director James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe. Starring David Corenswet as Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Andrew Eccles/Disney
Freakier Friday - August 8, 2025
Linday Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis return for this sequel to the beloved 2003 body-swap comedy.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Kevin Mazur/Lionsgate
Michael - October 3, 2025
Jaafar Jackson portrays his uncle, Michael Jackson, in this biopic about the "King of Pop".
Where to Watch: In theaters
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