I am a legend

Six degrees of separation, it was not a cinematographic success, unlike the movie that coprotagonizó together with Martin Lawrence: Two rebellious policemen (1996). After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it began a musical career in solitarily and continued in the cinema. Independence Day (1996) 18 and Men in Black (1997) were two box-office successes and obtained good critiques.

Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar to the best actor, for the movie Ali, in the year 2001, for his interpretation of the boxer Muhammad Ali, previously known as Cassius Clay, in a biographical movie. It was nominated again for the Oscar as Better Actor by his paper in another movie based on true stories, In search of the happiness, where it interpreted Chris Gardner. His third album in Columbia Records, Born to Reign, published in 2002, was a disappointment, in comparison with the sales of his previous álbumes, and, after a rapid dismissal, Greatest Hits, which almost was not announced to all, was relegated by the company.

In 2005, Will Smith was inscribed in the Book Guinness, for having overcome the record of three premieres in a time of 24 hours. On July 2, 2005, he presented the concert Live8 in his natal Philadelphia opposite to a great multitude, and later it fulfilled a series of DJ Jazzy Jeff. During this time, it threw his fourth album of study, the success of Lost and Found.

On December 10, 2007, Will Smith was recognized in the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Boulevard. Will left a fingerprint of his hands and the feet in the exterior of the theatre of renown, in presence of many fans. This month, it led the movie I am a legend, thrown on December 14, 2007. In spite of initially positive comments, his premiere was the biggest for a movie thrown in the United States during December. The own Will has said that he considers the movie to be " An aggressive form ". A critic said that the commercial success of the movie " fell of foot as the number one in the ticket offices of Hollywood ".