Will Smith's freaky 'Gemini Man' experience
5 years, 5 months ago

Will Smith's freaky 'Gemini Man' experience

India TV News  

Actor Will Smith says it was freaky to watch a younger clone of himself get created for his upcoming film Gemini Man. Gemini Man features Smith playing two different characters, a 51-year-old assassin and the 23-year-old assassin out to kill him. "This is not de-aging, this is not face replacement, Junior is a completely digital creation, 100% driven by Smith's performance capture," said VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer.To this, producer Jerry Bruckheimer added: "You're looking at Will looking at himself, 30 years younger. Gemini man Gemini Man is an innovative action-thriller starring Smith as Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, who is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.

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Gemini Man movie review: Will Smith proves yet again why he's a fading movie star in a tepid Ang Lee action film
5 years, 2 months ago

Gemini Man movie review: Will Smith proves yet again why he's a fading movie star in a tepid Ang Lee action film

Firstpost  

Gemini Man shows maybe, there will be a day when we see a movie about a character with agency in a story, and not about the big star persona of Will Smith himself. Gemini Man joins the long line of movies that seem to indicate that Smith is a fast fading star, not quite up to date with what audiences …

Gemini Man movie review: Will Smith’s age catches up to him in Ang Lee’s big-budget bungle
5 years, 2 months ago

Gemini Man movie review: Will Smith’s age catches up to him in Ang Lee’s big-budget bungle

Hindustan Times  

Gemini Man Director - Ang Lee Cast - Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong Gemini Man movie review: It’s Will Smith vs Will Smith in Ang Lee’s new film. Directed by two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Director, Ang Lee, and starring Will Smith as a middle-aged assassin being chased by his younger clone, Gemini …

Two Will Smiths are not better than one: Rashid Irani reviews Gemini Man
5 years, 2 months ago

Two Will Smiths are not better than one: Rashid Irani reviews Gemini Man

Hindustan Times  

Gemini Man Direction: Ang Lee Actors: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Whether it’s the late Carrie Fischer’s cameo appearance in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story or Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming The Irishman, digital de-ageing of actors is the gimmicky new trend in Hollywood. Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and the visual effects team at New Zealand’s Weta Digital …

After The Irishman and Gemini Man, actors needn’t worry about old age ever again
5 years, 3 months ago

After The Irishman and Gemini Man, actors needn’t worry about old age ever again

Hindustan Times  

The Washington Post review of the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill bemoaned that its 57-year-old star Roger Moore had “the pie-eyed blankness of a zombie” and was “not believable anymore in the action sequences.” Years later, Moore admitted that he was “only about 400 years too old for the part”. With The Irishman and Gemini Man, …

Turning Will Smith young
5 years, 3 months ago

Turning Will Smith young

Deccan Chronicle  

If you’ve been as wonder stuck as we are about how Will Smith appears younger for his dual roles in the new movie Gemini Man, out in theatres on 11 October, then we’ve got news for you. “What Ang did is he looked through my filmography and he created takes of things —Fresh Prince, Men in Black, Independence Day — …

Will Smith to produce, star in untitled film based on Marcus Sakey's dystopian trilogy Brilliance
5 years, 4 months ago

Will Smith to produce, star in untitled film based on Marcus Sakey's dystopian trilogy Brilliance

Firstpost  

Actor Will Smith, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming feature Gemini Man has landed a role to star in a movie adaptation of Brilliance. Actor Will Smith, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming feature Gemini Man has landed a role to star in a movie adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s dystopian trilogy Brilliance. The film will be …

How the ‘Gemini Man’ visual effects team created a young Will Smith
5 years, 4 months ago

How the ‘Gemini Man’ visual effects team created a young Will Smith

LA Times  

Painting in the digital medium of ones and zeroes, today’s visual effects artists can conjure almost any creature imaginable. But because “Gemini Man” often involved Smith playing both characters in the same scene — and because Lee intended to shoot the film in a high-frame-rate format that would be less forgiving of any sleight of hand — the “Gemini Man” …

Gemini Man behind-the-scenes featurette shows how Will Smith's younger version was digitally created
5 years, 5 months ago

Gemini Man behind-the-scenes featurette shows how Will Smith's younger version was digitally created

Firstpost  

Gemini Man has been in the pipeline since 1997 but was put on hold for many years to allow the visual effects technology to catch up with the film’s concept. Will Smith will be seen in both younger and current versions of himself in Academy Award-winner Ang Lee’s upcoming action thriller, Gemini Man. The film sees Smith play an ageing …

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