Will Smith/Jaden Smith sci-fi epic - After Earth

Director M. Night Shyamalan and Columbia Pictures have released the first full synopsis for After Earth, their epic, post-apocalyptic father/son sci-fi adventure starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. Get the scoop on the film’s plot after the jump.

"In After Earth, one thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by 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 (played by 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."