On December 10, 2008, TV Guide reported that Will Smith had been selected as one of ten more fascinating persons of The United States by the Barbara Walters's special one of ABC that was issued on December 4.

Will Smith is employed at the production of the movie The Last Pharaoh, at the one that will interpret Taharqo. The president of the United States, Barack Obama, declared that, if at some time a movie was realized it brings over of his life, he would like that Will Smith was recovering his paper because, according to the own president, " it has my ears ". Obama said that the two have discussed the possibility of a movie based on the choices of 2008, but this cannot happen but until the end of his presidency.

In July, 2017, the platform of television Netflix confirmed to Will Smith as the protagonist of his new movie Bright, directed by David Ayer, who had the premiere on December 22. In December of the same year, Will Smith was confirmed as the protagonist of the series One Strange Rock, which will have the premiere in National Geographic's channels in March, 2018.