Will Smith is a Hancock

Yes, I loved Iron Man also. And of course Superman is wonderful and Spider Man and Bat Man are also superheroes. But what about a dude named Hancock? If you haven’t seen the surprise hit of 2008, Hancock, starring Will Smith, you definitely should go out and rent it now.

The movie was very much unlike any other superhero movie ever made. Usually, when we see superheroes, they are clean and well groomed (I always wondered how Superman is supposed to shave or take a haircut though, since his hair should be just as impervious to anything else, wouldn’t it automatically break any razor that was applied to it?), they always seem to know just the right thing to do and they always look dashing in their tight outfits.

It all makes me feel like just once, maybe we should have a superhero who is overweight. Well, with Will Smith in Hancock, we got the next best thing, or rather worse thing, or rather, well something different anyway. Hancock is a drunken, homeless bum who is also blessed with super powers. He goes and tries to be a hero, saving people, but then destroys half of downtown Los Angeles, causing people to hate him and to dread his arrival.

The man doesn’t have any clue who he is or why he’s there and he calls himself Hancock because a fan asks him to sign his “John Hancock.”

Then, one fine day, Will Smith as Hancock goes and rescues a man (Jason Bateman) who is a media consultant. The man is down on his luck himself, but sees a golden opportunity with Hancock. It’s a chance for him to rehabilitate the superhero and turn him into someone the public could love (earning himself a place at the side of the man of the hour of course).

I don’t want to give away the whole story if you haven’t seen the film yet, but trust me, it’s a great movie and well worth the rental to see Will Smith playing Hancock. He really is just wonderful in the film.

Oh, and for fans who have already seen it, there is still no word on the possibility of Will Smith in a new Hancock movie. He has indicated he wants to do it and the Internet Movie Database does say that the movie is in development with a 2012 release date, but there is simply no word beyond that. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Hancock 2 Movie Trailer

Would you like to see the Hancock 2 movie trailer? So would I. So would an awful lot of people who loved the original Hancock, made in 2008. So far, we know very little however. Will Smith has declared he definitely would like to make a new Hancock movie and the Internet Movie Database does list a Hancock 2 as being “under development.” Variety also made some noise about it, claiming that Jason Bateman would reprise his role as the media advisor for Hancock in a new movie.

So what do we know about Hancock 2 though? And what could we expect to see in a possible Hanock 2 movie trailer? I’ll tell you right now: absolutely nothing (that is, regarding the first question. Regarding the second question, we can also expect to see nothing since no filming has been done, but we hope that won’t last long). Regarding the new movie, there is no information on a story line, there is no information on who will be acting in the movie, there is nothing on who will be directing the new epic and frankly, there is nothing to say it’s definitely happening. Just some fairly certain rumors.

But in spite of the incredible uncertainty surrounding any possible Hancock 2 movie trailer, the speculation from fans is rife as to what might be done with the new epic. There is a rumor going around (really more like wishful thinking of fans at the moment) that the new movie will focus on Hancock’s origins. Readers will recall that toward the end of the movie, we learned that Charlize Theron’s character was some kind of a twin to Will Smith’s Hancock and that the two of them had to be kept separate or they would lose all their powers. But we never really learned where they came from or even why they had to stay separate.

There are all kinds of possibilities for a new movie right there, where we could explore ancient enemies, maybe their people could come to rescue them, maybe we could see where they came from. Maybe they are even human beings who somehow got these god like creatures. For all we know, the decision could be made to tell us that the Greek gods gave them the power they possess. The sky really is the limit, and not just for Hancock, but for anyone who loves the movie and is looking forward to seeing the new one.

We’re just going to have to be patient and wait for the Hancock 2 movie trailer to come out and tell us more than we already know about the movie, which as of today, is really precious little, if anything at all.

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Hancock Blue-ray DVD

Hancock Blue-ray DVD Features
Hancock (Blu-ray) Dvd
Academy Award® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public.

When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again–until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

Hancock (Blu-ray) Dvd Academy Award® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public.

When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again–until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

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