These two have come a long way!
04.10.2022 - 16:09 / justjared.com
The trailer for Will Smith‘s upcoming historical thriller Emancipation just debuted online!
The film will debut in theaters in December 2 and stream on Apple TV+ on December 9. This will make the film eligible for next year’s Oscars.
The film is directed by Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua and had originally been slated for a 2022 release but was delayed after the actor slapped Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars ceremony.
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This is the first movie since Will slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Will is banned from attending the Oscars ceremony for 10 years, but he is still eligible to be nominated and win.
Emancipation was inspired by a real-life story of a man who became known as “Whipped Peter.”
At the film’s first screening, Will said, “Throughout my career, I’ve turned down many films that were set in slavery. I never wanted to show us like that. And then this picture came along. And this is not a film about slavery. This is a film about freedom. This is a film about resilience. This is a film about faith.”
These two have come a long way!
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Smith’s best-selling memoir to his wife’s show Red Table Talk, the Hollywood couple has been open about their relationship. But one area of their relationship fans rarely hear about is the interesting dynamic with Smith’s ex-wife Sheree Zampino. While both sides have given peaks into their relationship, it wasn’t always smooth sailing.
Jada Pinkett Smith has spoken openly about "crossing the line" with husband Will Smith's ex-wife during the early years of Will and Jada's romance.Exclusive: Jada Pinkett Smith helps The Crown's Rebecca Humphries share emotional gaslighting storyWill was married to Sheree Zampino between 1992 and 1995 and they welcomed a son, Trey. Will and Jada began dating in 1995 after their divorce, and the two now have a "really nice sisterhood".VIDEO: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's MarriageBut speaking on her Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk next to Sheree, Jada admitted "it hasn't been easy along the way," as she shared a story about how she once tried to discipline Trey."I can remember some times that I really crossed the line.
no stranger to “entanglements,” even dating back to her husband’s first marriage. Sheree Zampino, Will Smith’s ex-wife, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk” and reflected on her divorce from the “Men in Black” star in 1995.Months after their divorce, Pinkett Smith started dating Smith but now admits that she should’ve held off to give Zampino more time to “adjust” to the relationship.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Sheree Zampino, Will Smith’s ex-wife, talk it out on the latest episode of “Red Table Talk”.
A rocky relationship. Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith started dating in 1995, months after his split from ex-wife Sheree Zampino.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Sheree Zampino are reflecting on their tumultuous journey to peacefully co-parenting. On the latest episode of , the duo looks back on the now-unbreakable bond built between them through their relationship with Will Smith. «We have developed a really nice sisterhood,» Jada says of their current relationship. «But it hasn't been easy along the way...sometimes we did have to fake it to make it.»Sheree and the star were married from 1992 to 1995 and share one child, 29-year-old Trey.
Jada Pinkett Smith is releasing a “no holds barred” memoir, which will delve into her upbringing, her marriage and her experience of depression. The publisher Dey Street, an imprint of HarperCollins, announced the news on Thursday 6 October. It stated that, in the book, Pinkett Smith will reflect on “lessons learned in the course of a difficult but riveting journey – a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power”.
Jada Pinkett Smith is writing a memoir.
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Will Smith earn another Oscar after this year's on-stage showdown with Chris Rock? Technically, yes. As buzz begins to build around Antoine Fuqua's Apple Original Film, -- in which Smith stars as a man who escapes from slavery — speculation is swirling about the film's awards season promise. According to a report from, Smith still be nominated for another Best Actor Oscar even after his fallout from slapping Rock during the live 2022 Academy Awards broadcast.But there's a catch: following the incident, Smith resigned as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and was ultimately banned from the Oscars telecast and other Academy-sponsored events for 10 years.
Awards season is heating up with Will Smith’s next movie.
J. Kim Murphy In a surprise shift to this year’s awards season, Will Smith’s next film “Emancipation” will release in 2022 after all. Apple announced the news Monday, releasing the first trailer for the Antoine Fuqua-directed historical drama. “Emancipation” premieres in theaters on Dec. 2 and will stream on Apple TV+ starting Dec. 9. Though “Emancipation” had originally been set for a 2022 release date, Apple elected to delay the film to 2023 after Smith became embroiled in controversy for slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards. The embattled actor has since publicly apologized for his actions, sharing an emotional video released online in June, but has largely steered clear of the public eye since the Oscar ceremony.
Apple Original Films has dated the run-from-slavery thriller Emancipation for a December 2 theatrical opening, followed by a December 9 release on its Apple TV+ streaming site. This follows the film’s first showing in DC on Saturday, with star Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua (who flew in from Italy, where he and Denzel Washington are shooting a third Equalizer film) discussed the fact-based film in a screening orchestrated by Apple and NAACP during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Legislative Conference.
Will Smith screened the film Emancipation with an audience for the first time at a private event on Saturday (October 1) in Washington D.C.