After Earth (2013)
- The original script for After Earth was written over a decade before production finally began in 2013.
- M. Night Shyamalan originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- The incredible score for After Earth was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
After Earth is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith. Set 1,000 years after humanity abandoned a devastated Earth, the film follows a legendary military commander Cypher Raige, played by Will Smith, and his son Kitai, played by Jaden Smith, who crash-land on the now-dangerous, quarantined Earth.
When Cypher is severely injured and trapped in the wreckage, the untested Kitai must trek alone across a hostile planet โ now home to evolved, dangerous creatures and extreme temperature fluctuations โ to retrieve a rescue beacon from the tail section of their crashed ship. After Earth was conceived by Will Smith as a vehicle for his son, but the combination of Jaden's divisive lead performance, Shyamalan's restrained but flat direction, and a script that critics found emotionally inert resulted in poor reviews. The film earned $243 million worldwide on a $130 million budget.





