'Its a special Father and son story!"

-Superstar Will Smith on the real reason behind taking up AFTER EARTH

In one of the most anticipated movies of this Hollywood summer, M.Night Shyamalan's AFTER EARTH by Sony Pictures sees the superstar Will Smith reunite with his talented son Jaden Smith, in the film releasing on June 7th in India!

A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home. 

But more than the technical aspects of the film, its the real life situation and emotions that drew Will to the film!

“What I thought was really interesting about this film was that it’s huge in scope, but it comes down to a simple idea that every person in the audience can relate to: it’s a father and son story,” says Will Smith.  “I think that’s what audiences will really connect with – seeing the father try to connect with the son, to teach him, with life-or-death consequences.”

The lesson the father must teach his son is to conquer his fear.  “Every parent knows when his or her child is lying to them because they’re scared of something,” says Will Smith.  “And every parent has a different way of dealing with that.  In After Earth, we have a father trying to command and control his son from a distance, but at the end of the day, once your child goes out of the house, you’ve taught them all you can – they have to learn the rest on their own.  For me, in this movie, the extreme landscape makes these parent-and-child relationships huge, life-threatening.” 

Catch the hugely talented father son duo as Sony Pictures AFTER EARTH releases on 7th June 2013.