Andy Tennant, the director of the Will Smith
-led romantic comedy Hitch, says that the star is now engaged on a seque…with out his involvement. The 2005 rom-com was one of many yr’s highest-grossing movies, making greater than $371 million on the international field workplace from a $70 million manufacturing finances. The reception by critics was additionally fairly strong, and at the moment it sits at 68% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thus, the movie, which turns 20 this yr, stands as certainly one of Will Smith’s most profitable movies from that decade.
Tennant not too long ago spoke to Enterprise Insider about Hitch and revealed that Smith is creating a sequel for the movie. At one level, Sony Photos deliberate to make a TV present primarily based on the identical idea, however the challenge fizzled out. Nevertheless, based on Tennant, Smith continues to be planning a follow-up movie to be produced by his studio, Overbrook Leisure, and the actor has determined to go ahead with out involving the unique director in any approach:
“I submitted a proposal for a sequel, which was fairly enjoyable, however I assume Will is creating a Hitch sequel with out me. I simply came upon about it three months in the past. I had a extremely good concept for a sequel, and I used to be speaking to an government at Sony, and he mentioned Will’s manufacturing firm is creating a sequel. Hey, that is Hollywood.”
The Manufacturing of ‘Hitch’ Was Reportedly Fairly Troublesome
Though Will Smith has determined to work on the sequel with out him, Tennant does not “have something towards Will,” however it could possibly’t be simple to see your concept being snatched by another person with out credit score. However, the director appears to be grateful for what the expertise represented to him: “He employed me to make this film. It was not a straightforward job for anyone, however we went around the globe with the film. And when it was over, my time with Will was over. That was it. And I’ve by no means heard from him since.”
In Hitch, Smith performs Alex “Hitch” Hitchens, a matchmaker who helps males achieve the arrogance to ask ladies out. His newest consumer, Albert, is a slipshod accountant who has a crush on a star, and as difficult because it sounds, Hitch decides to assist him. What Hitch does not understand is that he will even discover himself falling in love with Sara, and his strategies do not precisely work on her…
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Whereas it appears like Will Smith is making a Hitch sequel with out the unique director, the query is, would Andy Tennant even wish to do it? Whereas he does not maintain any grudges, his expertise making the film apparently wasn’t notably nice and Smith tried to again out. Again then, virtually each Will Smith film additionally featured him as a producer. Hitch was a kind of, and based on Tennant, Smith’s enter was generally overbearing:
“We had our difficulties. The film I needed to make and the film Will needed to make neither a kind of films is pretty much as good because the film we made collectively. It was a battle. Jada [Pinkett Smith] was an enormous assist. She type of seconded a few of my instincts. There was a time throughout prep after I was pushing again. Plenty of loopy sh*t that was occurring.”
Hitch
- Launch Date
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March 5, 2005
- Runtime
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118minutes
