We now know why the eagle was featured heavily in the movie but had no explanation…it was to appeal to the Japanese market!
The Japanese poster comes from IMPA and shows Will Smith with an Eagle shirt surrounded by lightning.
To any Japanese people out there. Does this turn you on?
Hancock is set for release on July 2, and is set to make an estimated $150 MILLION over the five-day Fourth of July weekend! This will make his EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE $100 MILLION grossing movie! Something no other actor has been able to accomplish.
Here are some interesting numbers:
MOST $100 MILLION MOVIES IN A CAREER (List includes animated films and excludes cameos)
1. Tom Hanks — 15
2. Tom Cruise — 14
3. Eddie Murphy — 13
4. Will Smith — 12 (including Hancock)
4. Harrison Ford — 12
6. Jim Carrey — 11
6. Robin Williams — 11
8. Mel Gibson — 10
9. Matt Damon — 9
10. Bruce Willis — 8
10. Jack Nicholson — 8
Will’s streak started with Men in Black II, and continued with Bad Boys II, I, Robot, Shark Tale, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and I Am Legend, and will continue with Hancock, which is estimated to make upwards of $280 million domestically.
Damn! Wish we had Will’s golden touch!
This will put him in front of Hollywood legends Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise for the most consecutive $100 million grossers! His next movie, Seven Pounds (helmed by Pursuit director, Gabriele Muccino), is set for release in December and could make his ninth!
…in a new clips from the movie. We have seen bits of this in the various trailers and TV spots but here is the the whole scene, well maybe not all of it but a good 41 seconds of it. I think it sounds better with the epic trailer music in the background but it is cool non the less.
The clip below was shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show when Will Smith was on to promote Hancock. The clip doesn’t reveal a major spoiler but does reveal something interesting about Hancock himself. Watch if you dare!
A new image of Hancock all suited up has appeared online. It looks like a giant eagle structure has landed on the police cars behind him, which is only adding to the chaos. Check it out below!
Hancock will hit the big screen July 2nd.
A new TV spot for Will Smith’s Hancock is now online. I can’t believe I am saying this but I am more pumped for this than I was for Iron Man.
Check it out below!
Note to Bryan Singer: Take notes for your second attempt at Superman
I underestimated Hancock. I thought it was just a typical Will Smith fun Hollywood movie, well that’s what we are being sold anyway. From the trailers we’ve seen Hancock throwing a screaming whale out to sea, turning up in his tight X-Men suit to the bemusement of a police officer, and there is also an amusing moment when he asks a woman who is in obvious need of his help ‘”Do I have permission to touch your body? Its not sexual’”
I don’t know whether there was an alternative take of that scene or whether there was prison fun involved (if you know what I mean), but apparently Hancock involved a rape scene up until three weeks ago. The film has been given an R rating twice now, and director Peter Berg explains why.
“We had statutory rape up until three weeks ago,” Mr. Berg said, describing just one of the elements that has turned “Hancock” into an exercise in brinkmanship.
The film, he said, remained surprisingly sexual, violent and true in spirit to an original script that was viewed as brilliant but unmakable when its creator, Vincent Ngo, first circulated it more than a decade ago under the title “Tonight, He Comes.”
That’s the power of marketing for you. Who would have thought that Hancock could be darker then The Dark Knight? I think a few scenes will be cut to get bums on seats in July, but lets hope the DVD contains all of this R rated goodness!
The official website for Hanock has been updated. You can check out all of the new stuff such as a gallery, the new trailer and some Hancock related news bulletins by clicking here!
As with most other movies, Hancock has a widget, which can be seen on the widget page in the menu bar!
Will Smith throws a whale. Will Smith impales a car on a building. Will Smith stops trains. Will Smith deflects a missile with his bare hands. Interested?
Watch the trailer below!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its a Hancock viral campaign!
Sightings of Hancock flying around have seen spotted. One involves a group of people rock climbing and the other involves a woman who is filming the sky…for some reason. The sound effects sound a bit cheesy but they are kinda cool.
Check them out below!
