When I heard Bob weeping in the pre-opening credits, I though "Oh God, No! After Earth broke Bob! GOD DAMN YOU, M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN!!"
No surprise that this movie was going to suck. M. Night has fallen so far from grace, he's gonna need a rocket ship to get back on top and I highly doubt there is enough fuel to pull that off. Him and Will Smith are just some of the actors I can think of that need take some time off from movies and get their shit together (cannot believe Will passed up Django Unchained). As for junior Will Smith, he needs to take time off if only to either (a) take some acting lessons or (b) reconsider his path in life (other than trying to live up to his father's career).
Plus, the grumpy cat movie news is nothing new. Hollywood these days is trying to find any material that will sustain them. Hell, someone bought the rights from Lloyd Kaufman to remake the Troma classics like Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'em High.