Cinema Science

Any time Michael Mann makes a movie it is exciting news. Any time Will Smith decides to make something other than his normal popcorn fare it is exciting news. Any time the duo get together is, well, you get the point. They last collaborated on Ali, which contains Smith's best performance and also the best opening 20 minutes of just about any film released this decade. Smithwill now star in the drama Empire, which John Logan (The Aviator, The Last Samurai) is writing for Mann (Miami Vice, Collateral). Smith is said to be playing a contemporary global media mogul.