Will Smith is the new Hugh Jackman, or at least he is in Collateral Beauty, as Deadline reports that Smith is in talks to replace the Aussie star, who dropped out of the lead role a few weeks ago.
Johnny Depp was previously rumoured to be in the frame, but it’s now gone to Will.
Rooney Mara and Jason Segel are still attached to the movie, which is, ‘about a New York advertising executive (Jackman) who experiences a deep personal tragedy. When his colleagues devise an unconventional plan to break him out of his depression, the plan works, but not in a way that anyone imagined’.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will helm the movie, which should shoot later this year.
While it’s a safe bet Batman v Superman will do good business, 2015’s other major DC Comics adaptation, Suicide Squad, is a more uncertain proposition. It’s not surprising then that the film wanted to use Comic Con to introduce the world to the movie and they’ve now released the first look trailer for us all to see.
For years there’s been talk of Bad Boys 3, with both Martin Lawrence and Will Smith saying they’re open to the idea (which isn’t surprising in Lawrence’s case, as he hasn’t exactly got a huge amount else going on, movie-wise). However it’s been trapped in development hell, and the longer the delay, the less likely it’s seemed we’d ever actually see the movie.
DC/Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad is going into production very soon and to prepare the cast have gotten together for a read-through of the script, and to mark the occasion director David Ayer has posted a great cast photo on 
Will Smith is showing off a slightly different side in Focus. He’s previously been known to turn down roles if his character wasn’t an out-and-out good guy, but that’s certainly now the case here.
When it was rumoured Will Smith was in talk to star in Warner/DC’s Suidice Squad, many wondered if the info was wrong as traditionally he’s always wanted to be the star of the show rather than part of an ensemble, and he’s also shied away from playing villainous characters.
With a 2016 release date confirmation announced a couple of days ago for Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. and director David Ayer need to put a cast together fairly soon to get it ready for its August 5th release.