{"id":86612,"date":"2022-10-04T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-smith-to-enter-2023-oscar-race-with-slavery-drama-emancipation-will-smith\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:24:57","slug":"will-smith-to-enter-2023-oscar-race-with-slavery-drama-emancipation-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-smith-to-enter-2023-oscar-race-with-slavery-drama-emancipation-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith to enter 2023 Oscar race with slavery drama Emancipation |  Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">Will Smith is set to compete for next year&#8217;s best actor with the surprise announcement that his slavery thriller Emancipation will be released in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">The Apple film, directed by Training Day&#8217;s Antoine Fuqua, had originally been slated for a 2022 release but was shelved after the actor slapped Chris Rock at this year&#8217;s Oscars ceremony before he went on to win best actor for his role in King Richard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"2c2423c5-6a32-4c9d-ab87-3a3d0b191a62\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1mfia18\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2022\/sep\/05\/chris-rock-will-smith-public-apology-was-a-hostage-video&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Chris Rock: Will Smith public apology was \u2018a hostage video\u2019&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;2c2423c5-6a32-4c9d-ab87-3a3d0b191a62&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:3,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">Emancipation, which is reported to have a $120m budget, is based on the true story of an enslaved person who escaped a Louisiana plantation in the 1860s and made his way to the north, to join the Union army.  Ben Foster, Steven Ogg and Charmaine Bingwa also stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">The movie was screened last night in Washington as part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation&#8217;s Legislative Conference and a trailer was released today along with a 2 December theatrical release date before heading to Apple TV+ on 9 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">\u201cWill Smith is a great guy,\u201d Fuqua said to Deadline.  \u201cI was with him for a couple of years, making this movie.  He is a wonderful person, an amazing partner and he did an amazing job on this movie.  Chris Rock&#8217;s a good guy, I know Chris as well \u2026 and I just pray it works out for them as friends, and we can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">Smith, who had previously turned down the lead in Django Unchained explained that he was resistant to starring in a film about slavery as he wanted to \u201cdepict Black excellence\u201d instead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"30c83ed4-4d5d-424f-add0-0e521b6b96ea\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.VideoYoutubeBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\">\n<div data-component=\"youtube-embed\" class=\"dcr-1chxfm\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hGoNxmTDsJs?wmode=opaque&amp;feature=oembed\" title=\"Emancipation - Official Teaser | Apple TV+\" height=\"480\" width=\"854\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">\u201cThis was one that was about love and the power of Black love,\u201d he said of Emancipation.  \u201cAnd that was something that I could rock with.  We were going to make a story about how Black love makes us invincible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">Smith posted a video in July to apologise for his behavior at the Oscars, saying he was \u201cdeeply remorseful\u201d.  Rock later dismissed it as a \u201chostage video\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">A study showed that Smith&#8217;s popularity \u201ca very significant and precipitous decline\u201d after the incident.  The actor has been banned from attending any Academy event for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-4iq4cq\">The actor will compete against current favorites for the prize including Brendan Fraser for The Whale and Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin.  Last year Apple won the best picture Oscar for the family drama Coda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith is set to compete for next year&#8217;s best actor with the surprise announcement that his slavery thriller Emancipation will be released in December. The Apple film, directed by Training Day&#8217;s Antoine Fuqua, had originally been slated for a 2022 release but was shelved after the actor slapped Chris Rock at this year&#8217;s Oscars &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-smith-to-enter-2023-oscar-race-with-slavery-drama-emancipation-will-smith\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Will Smith to enter 2023 Oscar race with slavery drama Emancipation |  Will Smith<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86127,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-smith-is-on-the-run-in-the-trailer-for-apples-emancipation\/","url_meta":{"origin":86612,"position":0},"title":"Will Smith is on the run in the trailer for Apple&#8217;s Emancipation","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Antoine Fuqua recently held a screening for his upcoming Apple TV+ movie Emancipationwhich stars Will Smith as the real-life slave who famously posed for a photo published in Harper's Weekly that showcased his horrifically scarred back (a crucial piece of compelling evidence for campaigns against slavery at the time), and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85244,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-smiths-first-major-film-post-oscars-slap-emancipation-earns-praise-at-special-screening\/","url_meta":{"origin":86612,"position":1},"title":"Will Smith&#8217;s first major film post-Oscars slap, Emancipation , earns praise at special screening","date":"October 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever since Will Smith won an Oscar \u2014 and slapped Chris Rock \u2014 his career has been in free-fall. 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