Will Smith likes a bit of action.

Whether it’s shooting aliens in Independence Day, shooting robots in I, Robot or shooting badly-written criminal caricatures in Bad Boys 1 and 2 (when he would have immediately won more audience support by simply turning around and shooting Martin Lawrence), it’s fair to say that he’s a runny, jumpy, explosion-dodgy, fighty wisecracky kind of guy.

Until now.

Will Smith (DVDs), you see, has scribbled his John Hancock on the dotted line to take the leading role in Tonight, He Comes, an intriguing-sounding project described by insider bible Variety as "a movie about a disaffected superhero having a mid-life crisis."

Kind of like a rapping Mr. Incredible, then.

Meaty, bone-marrow-packed chunks of real information have yet to be released about the production, so hecklerspray will have to throw you what scraps we can: that the plot will revolve around Smith’s doddering ‘hero’ accidentally crashing into a small town and falling head-over-heels for a local housewife.

While it’s undoubtedly a good move for Smith – taking the novel decision to actually appear in what sounds like a potentially good film – the special delight-wagon really rolls into town upon hearing the news that the director is to be none other than U-571 helmer Jonathan Mostow.

And why, you may ask, is this good news?

Answer: because Mostow’s involvement with Tonight … means that he has had to put his next project on hold – Terminator 4. Which – considering Terminator 3 was the most cack-awful, nonsense-spewing excuse for a ‘blockbuster’ in living memory – is the best news that hecklerspray has heard since the Olsen Twins turned 18.

So. Take as long as you want, Mr. Mostow. Honest.

We won’t mind.

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[story by C J Davies]