Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

Poor, poor M. Night Shyamalan. The man started out with a promising directing career, landing his first big hit with The Sixth Sense. After the success of that film, many followed him at first with every movie he made, expecting each film to top the last with a great story and twist ending. Many even touted him as the next Spielberg or Hitchcock. Of course, as we all know, this ended up not being the case, with each film being increasingly worse than the last, even when he attempted to escape this fatal pattern and directed an adaptation of the popular animated fantasy series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

So now he seems to be combining all of his experiences, for better or for worse, in creating the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film After Earth, starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. While he is indeed directing another special effects film via a story he wrote, it appears he has enlisted the help of other writers to pen the screenplay this time around. Judging from this first trailer for the film, this may prove to be quite helpful in finally delivering a decent film again, as it actually looks quite good. Of course, we don’t know for sure until the film’s release next year, but you can check it out below and see for yourself.

Official Synopsis:

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai’s craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

After Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith. It is slated to hit theaters June 7, 2013.