Will Smith sails away

By Daniel Barna

Posted 17 years ago

I wasn’t a huge fan of I AM LEGEND but Will Smith and director Francis Lawrence’s first collaboration was such a financial success why not do it again, right? THE CITY THAT SAILED is a high concept fantastical drama being developed by Lawrence with Smith set to star. Written by Andrew Niccol, the story will follow Smith as a New York City street magician whose daughter just so happens to live in England. The girl eventually discovers some magic candles while exploring a lighthouse and wishes to be reunited with her father, which causes Manhattan to break away and drift across the Pond. The idea is definitely promising, but is this being positioned as a disaster film or an UP-style adventure film? The idea of all those hipsters, junkies, queens, socialites, fashionistas, poppers, hustlers, and my brother stranded on their beloved island in the middle of the ocean is enticing, but where’s the conflict? Can’t wait to find out.

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Daniel Barna

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Favorite Movies: Seven, American Beauty, Breathless, Edward Scissorhands, La Doce Vita, Forrest Gump, read more Shawshank Redemption, Batman, Requiem For a Dream, Psycho, On The Waterfront, Jules et Jim, Little Children, A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Knight, Taxi Driver, Eyes Wide Shut, Minnie and Moskowitz, Five Easy Pieces, Ed Wood, The Truman Show, There`s Something About Mary, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, A Woman Under The Influence, Annie Hall, Chinatown, Unforgiven, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Dog Day Afternoon, Groundhog Day, Dumb and Dumber, T2, The Conversation, Bonnie and Clyde

Likes: Tankhouse Ale, breakfast sandwiches, The Wire, Roz, the boys, Jean Mance read more Park, net artists, NoLita, Nine Inch Nails, McNally Jackson, Gordon Ramsay, Sherlock Holmes, pulled pork, Noirs, high boots, hockey pools, walking, whole foods and Provigo, status updates, cilantro, Empire State Building, remixes, Blizzarts, staring, cozes, eccentrics, limes, pho soup, oceans, David Brent, white underwear, wings, The Plateau, Langstaff, scrabble, murder

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