After being attached to who knows how many superhero scripts in the last decade, it looks like Will Smith is finally going to get his chance to portray a super-powered character on screen. They’re classifying it as an “action drama,” so I’m betting it’s going to be more “Unbreakable” than “Superman.” From Reuters:

Will Smith is reuniting with the director of his next picture to shoot the action drama “Tonight, He Comes.”

The Columbia Pictures project centers on a tortured superhero who crash-lands in Brooklyn, and tries to transform himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the process. The studio is eyeing an early 2007 start.

Smith and director Gabriele Muccino recently wrapped the fact-based rags-to-riches drama “The Pursuit of Happyness,” which is scheduled for a December 15 release through Columbia. Smith was in theaters a year ago with romantic comedy “Hitch.”

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