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Will Smith Confronts His Inner Self

Paramount Pictures has released a second trailer for “Gemini Man,” the long-gestating science-fiction action-thriller from two-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee. Will Smith plays both roles at the center of the story — Henry Brogan, a 50-year-old government assassin trying to walk away from the job, and “Junior,” a 23-year-old clone sent to kill him. The film hits theaters October 11, 2019.

• Will Smith plays a dual role as Henry Brogan, a 50-year-old elite government assassin seeking retirement, and “Junior,” a 23-year-old clone dispatched by a corrupt agency to hunt him down.
• Ang Lee and his team built a fully computer-generated, photorealistic young version of Smith through motion-capture rather than conventional de-aging makeup, shooting in 3D at 120 frames per second at 4K resolution.
• Paramount has set “Gemini Man” for release on October 11, 2019, with Clive Owen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Benedict Wong rounding out the cast.

Two Decades in Development Hell

“Gemini Man” isn’t a new idea — the concept dates back to the late 1990s, and the project sat stalled for more than two decades because the visual effects simply couldn’t deliver a convincing young clone of an aging star. It took Skydance Media, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Ang Lee’s arrival to finally push it into production. The wait shows up on screen: this is the version of the script that could only get made once the technology caught up to the pitch.

Building a Digital 23-Year-Old

Rather than layering cosmetic de-aging effects over Smith’s face, Lee’s team constructed an entirely computer-generated, photorealistic younger version of the actor through motion-capture, giving “Junior” his own digital body and performance rather than a filtered version of Smith’s current one. The production also shot in 3D at 120 frames per second and 4K resolution — an ultra-high frame rate well beyond the industry standard of 24fps, aimed at making the hyper-kinetic action sequences read with unusual clarity.

Smith has pointed to the strange symmetry of the role: at 50, he’s now playing the 23-year-old version of himself, and by his own admission, that younger man wouldn’t have been remotely ready for a story this complicated. It’s the kind of meta-casting hook that only works because the effects work holds up.

The Face-Off at the Center of the Trailer

The trailer builds around direct confrontations between the two Smiths — a motorcycle chase, close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, and the reveal that Junior carries all of Henry’s training and instincts with none of the years of regret weighing him down.

Junior has every skill Henry Brogan ever learned — and none of the baggage that comes with using them.

That’s the engine of the whole trailer: Brogan knows exactly what his pursuer is capable of because he trained that way himself, but he’s fighting a version of himself who hasn’t lived long enough to hesitate.

The Team Behind the Camera

The screenplay is credited to David Benioff, Billy Ray and Darren Lemke, with Bruckheimer producing alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger. Clive Owen plays antagonist Clay Verris, the figure behind the agency pulling Junior’s strings, while Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Benedict Wong round out Brogan’s side of the fight. For fans tracking the rest of the fall action-movie slate, this one sits alongside the kind of high-concept blockbuster releases covered in the best upcoming science-fiction movies rundowns and other trailer breakdowns like The Tomorrow War Trailer 2.

“Gemini Man” opens October 11, 2019 — the same corridor of the calendar Paramount has used before to launch star-driven action vehicles without much blockbuster competition crowding the weekend. Whether audiences buy Will Smith fighting a digital version of his 23-year-old self is the whole bet the studio is making, and they’ll know within that opening weekend whether the effects work landed or just looked expensive.