Who better to star in this blockbuster biopic than The Fresh Prince? That's right, people: Will Smith is the original vampire.

Deadline is reporting that:

Will Smith has attached himself to star in and produce The Legend Of Cain, an epic re-telling of the Biblical sibling tale, this time with a vampiric twist. Smith will play Cain, the original Bad Boy, and he will produce with Overbrook Entertainment partners Jada Pinkett Smith (his wife), James Lassiter, and Ken Stovitz.

There are many vampire origins stories, and the Mark of Cain version has been around for a long time. As the legend goes, after Cain murdered his brother Abel, he was "marked" by God. Cain wandered the earth until he came upon the other cursed one, Lilith, Adam's first wife who was kicked out of Eden for not being a subservient wife to Adam. Cain and Lilith hooked up and together their "cursed" abilities created lots of powerful demonic babies, or what we now call vampires.

Part of me hopes they pick DJ Jazzy Jeff to play Abel as that would just be pure comedy gold plumb for mining. But right now i'm far to busy letting "original Bad Boy" soak in.

I feel sick...

interesting.. I'd like to see where he takes this

Mephiles said:

interesting.. I'd like to see where he takes this

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^^

Will is the man. Interesting.

Xibalba said:

Deadline is reporting that:

Will Smith has attached himself to star in and produce The Legend Of Cain, an epic re-telling of the Biblical sibling tale, this time with a vampiric twist.

not to prejudge, but that, right there...

So fucking tired of vampires...

Now, this is the story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside-down.

And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there;

I'll tell you how I became the Prince of ... Darkness?

VAMPIRES ARE SO 2009!!!

Unfortunately, when Will Smith had a CHANCE to be in a vampire movie, they changed them to these bizarre zombie things.

"I Am Legend" was originally a vampire novel, made into 2 other movies: "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price and "Omega Man" with Charleton Heston (crap! Pure crap!). At least Vincent Price's version followed the book.

Xibalba said:

Mephiles said:

interesting.. I'd like to see where he takes this

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Didn't go on Oprah's show and say something like 2+2 doesn't equal 4 unless he wants it to?

Or some words to that effect?

FauxReal said:

So fucking tired of vampires...

Co-sign!

I don't get the mania, though? Leave it to hollywood to make a tired, worn out, boring redundancy out of a once cool thing.

And no matter how we feel about it, people will eat this up in a heartbeat.

Eagerly waiting for Cthulhu to appear in the next Hollywood biopic on Jesus.

Sorry Will, I just can't see you as a vampire of any kind.

But you can trim the hedges in the back yard with your shirt off and chest all greased up, if you please.

FauxReal said:

So fucking tired of vampires...

and throw in Wil Smith

Harlepolis said:

FauxReal said:

So fucking tired of vampires...

Co-sign!

I don't get the mania, though? Leave it to hollywood to make a tired, worn out, boring redundancy out of a once cool thing.

And no matter how we feel about it, people will eat this up in a heartbeat.

For real!

I've been into vampire movies FOR YEARS!

I've been reading about vampires- fiction and supposed non-fiction- for as long as I remember. I have both editions of the "Encyclopedia of the Undead" and have checked off the movies I've seen in the back.

Now my interest has turned into some weird cult thing that makes it look like I'M following the trend.

Don't talk to me about Anne Rice, and DON'T EVER try to discuss "Twilight" with me.

I like to see what new ways vampires can be portrayed, but most times I'm disappointed due to Hollywood's sensationalism. There are THREE TV shows on right now that have vampires...

(Okay, I like "True Blood" )

Oh! Like I said in the earlier post, Will Smith ruined the last opportunity he had to do a vampire movie. No more. NO.

"kiss my ass" edit

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LadyLuvSexxy said:

Sorry Will, I just can't see you as a vampire of any kind.

But you can trim the hedges in the back yard with your shirt off and chest all greased up, if you please.

If he is playing Cain, then he won't be a vampire. The offspring of Lilith and Cain are the "vampires" which really are not the vampires that we see in film today. Grendel from Beaowulf is one of the vampiric offspring.

Anyways, we will see if this movie even gets made. I always hear rumours about Will Smith attaching himself to some movie that never comes to frutition. I have always been interested in the Lilith texts so it would be cool to see on film.

chocolate1 said:

(Okay, I like "True Blood" )

Yeah, but you gotta dig True Blood -- it's like Vampire porn.

wasn't the first vampire in the queen of the damned?

and who the singer aaliyah played..

according to rice--that vampire created other vampires...

and also---carmilla owns all of anne rice vampires.

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Xibalba said:

Mephiles said:

interesting.. I'd like to see where he takes this

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baroque said:

wasn't the first vampire in the queen of the damned?

and who the singer aaliyah played..

Speaking of which, isn't this a really unsafe role in general?

What were some of Will's other darksided roles?

chocolate1 said:

Unfortunately, when Will Smith had a CHANCE to be in a vampire movie, they changed them to these bizarre zombie things.

"I Am Legend" was originally a vampire novel, made into 2 other movies: "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price and "Omega Man" with Charleton Heston (crap! Pure crap!). At least Vincent Price's version followed the book.

dayum, chocolate1 droppin some lit' on dat schitt

Cinnie said:

baroque said:

wasn't the first vampire in the queen of the damned?

and who the singer aaliyah played..

Speaking of which, isn't this a really unsafe role in general?

What were some of Will's other darksided roles?

none.

Cinnie said:

baroque said:

wasn't the first vampire in the queen of the damned?

and who the singer aaliyah played..

Speaking of which, isn't this a really unsafe role in general?

What were some of Will's other darksided roles?

It's definitely a different role from what Will usually portrays. Besides the dark side of the role, I could see him catching some flak from church folk who may not be familiar with these texts.