After the success of "Hitch" this weekend, Columbia Pictures is negotiating to finance "Tonight, He Comes" as a star vehicle for Will Smith says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows a superhero who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., and causes chaos as he romances a local housewife in an attempt to revitalize himself. Scripted six years ago by Vincent Ngo, "Tonight, He Comes" has long been considered one of the better unmade scripts in town. Michael Mann and Akiva Goldsman will both produce, Jonathan Mostow will direct.

Mostow supervised a 10-page take on the film geared specifically to Smith, and Vince Gilligan has already done a rewrite. Neither Smith nor Mostow has committed to making "Tonight, He Comes" as their next pic although a holiday 2006 release is being set.

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