The last time that Will Smith starred in a film with a February release, it was 2005 and the movie was the just-in-time-for-Valentine’s-Day romantic comedy Hitch, which ended up earning more than $368 million at the box office. On February 27, Smith returns to theaters in Focus, a film about a con man who breaks his own rules and falls for his female protégé (Margot Robbie), and judging by the latest trailer, and each trailer before it, this one looks a little… out of place.
Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t look like a Best Picture candidate, but something has to be really wrong with this movie for Smith to be hitting theaters in February. After all, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck all reportedly bailed on Smith’s role at some point, so there’s a good chance that it either has the production quality of amateur porn or the script is entirely in Pig Latin.
