| I Am Legend | |
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| Directed by | Francis Lawrence |
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| Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
| Edited by | Wayne Wahrman |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States[1][2] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million[3] |
| Box office | $585 million[3] |
I Am Legend is a 2007 Americanpost-apocalypticaction horror film[4][5] directed byFrancis Lawrence from a screenplay byAkiva Goldsman andMark Protosevich and starringWill Smith asUS Armyvirologist Robert Neville. Loosely based on the 1954novel of the same name byRichard Matheson, the film is set in New York City after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving Neville as the last human in New York City, other than nocturnal mutants. Immune to the virus, Neville works to develop a cure while defending himself against the hostile mutants. It is the third feature-film adaptation of Matheson's novel following 1964'sThe Last Man on Earth and 1971'sThe Omega Man.
Warner Bros. began developingI Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene[6][7] at theBrooklyn Bridge.
I Am Legend was released on December 14, 2007, in the United States and Canada. It opened to the largest-ever box office (not adjusted for inflation) for a non-Christmas film released in the U.S. in December, and was theseventh-highest-grossing film of 2007, earning $256 million domestically and $329 million internationally for a total of $585 million. The film received generally positive reviews, with Smith's performance being singled out for praise, while criticism focused on its divergences from the novel, particularly the ending. In 2022, a sequel was revealed to be in development, with Smith set to reprise his role as Neville and co-produce the film withMichael B. Jordan, who will also have a starring role.
In 2009, a genetically engineeredmeasles virus designed to curecancer mutated into a lethal airborne strain called the Krippin Virus, triggering a global pandemic. The virus killed 90% of the human population, and transformed the other infected into albino vampiric mutants known as Darkseekers, who roam at night to hunt for immune humans as they are vulnerable to sunlight.
In 2012, three years after the outbreak,U.S. ArmyvirologistLTC Robert Neville lives an isolated life in a heavily fortifiedWashington Square Park home in desertedManhattan. Neville's daily routine include experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for the virus, searching for food and supplies in the city, and waiting each day for survivors who might respond to his continuous recorded radio broadcasts, instructing them to meet him at theSouth Street Seaport by noon. Neville's only companion is hisGerman Shepherd, Sam. To cope with his loneliness, he regularly "talks" tomannequins he positions at video stores. At night, he barricades himself with Sam inside his home to hide from the Darkseekers. Neville is haunted by memories of his wife Zoe, and daughter Marley, who both died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan underquarantine. Neville stayed behind with other military personnel to help contain the spread of the virus, taking Sam along with him.
One day, while Neville hunts a deer, Sam pursues it into a building populated with Darkseekers. Neville cautiously locates Sam, and both narrowly escape. Desperate to find a cure, Neville draws out his immune blood to attract a Darkseeker, sets a trap, and captures a female to be used as a subject for his treatment. An alpha Darkseeker tries to pursue them but is halted by the sunlight before retreating into the darkness. Neville begins his treatment on the female Darkseeker in his basement laboratory but seems unsuccessful.
During his city drive, Neville notices "Fred", a mannequin from the video store mysteriously placed outsideGrand Central Terminal. As he suspiciously approaches Fred, he gets caught in a trap similar to the one used to capture the female Darkseeker, hitting his head and losing consciousness. Bydusk, he awakes, and the Alpha unleashes infected dogs to attack him. Neville manages to free himself from the trap to subdue the dogs, although Sam is bitten during the struggle. Back in his lab, Neville injects her with his serum, to no avail. Sam begins to transform due to the infection, and Neville strangles her to avoid being infected himself. Grieving for the death of his companion, and on the verge of losing his sanity, Neville assaults the Darkseekers with his car, but is vastly outnumbered. He is rescued by immune survivors: Anna and Ethan, who arrive fromMaryland after hearing his broadcast.
They take Neville home, where Anna explains they survived the outbreak on aRed Cross ship fromSão Paulo, and are heading to a survivors camp inBethel, Vermont. Neville disagrees, saying no such camp exists. While working to cure the female Darkseeker, Neville suggests cooling her with ice to improve treatment. Later on, as revenge for the assault at the seaport, the Darkseekers launch an invasion on the house. Neville, Anna, and Ethan retreat to the basement laboratory, sealing themselves with the female test subject.
As the Darkseekers attack the lab, Neville discovers his treatment working when the female Darkseeker slowly turns human. Neville draws a vial of blood from the woman he cured, and gives it to Anna before shutting Ethan and her inside a coal chute in the back of the lab. Neville sacrifices himself, killing the attacking Darkseekers including the alpha male with a grenade.
Anna and Ethan reach the survivor camp in Bethel, greeted by other survivors before Anna gives them the cure. Anna recounts Neville's efforts and sacrifices to save humanity, implying how he became a 'legend'.
The science-fictionhorror genre re-emerged in the late 1990s.[8][page needed] In 1995,Warner Bros. began developing the film project, having owned the rights toRichard Matheson's 1954 novelI Am Legend since 1970[9] and having already made the 1971 adaptationThe Omega Man.Mark Protosevich was hired to write the script after the studio was impressed with hisspeculative script ofThe Cell. Protosevich's first draft took place in 2000 in San Francisco, and contained many similarities with the finished film, though the Darkseekers (called Hemocytes) were civilized to the point of the creatures inThe Omega Man, and Anna was a lonemorphineaddict, as well as the fact that a Hemocyte character named Christopher joined forces with Neville. Warner Bros. immediately put the film on the fast track, attachingNeal H. Moritz asproducer.[8][page needed]
ActorsTom Cruise,Michael Douglas,[10] andMel Gibson[8][page needed] had been considered to star in the film,[10] using a script by Protosevich and withRidley Scott as director; however, by June 1997, the studio's preference was for actorArnold Schwarzenegger. In July, Scott and Schwarzenegger finalized negotiations,[11][12] with production slated to begin the coming September,[10] usingHouston as a stand-in for the film's setting of Los Angeles.[13] Scott had Protosevich replaced by a screenwriter of his own choosing,John Logan, with whom he spent months of intensive work on a number of different drafts. The Scott–Logan version ofI Am Legend was a mix of sci-fi and psychological thriller, without dialogue in the first hour and with a sombre ending.[8][page needed] The creatures in Logan's version were similar to the Darkseekers of the finished film in their animalistic, barbaric nature. The studio, fearing its lack of commercial appeal and merchandising potential, began to worry about the liberties they had given Scott – then on a negative streak of box-office disappointments – and urged the production team to reconsider the lack of action in the screenplay. After an "esoteric" draft by writerNeal Jimenez, Warner Bros. reassigned Protosevich to the project, reluctantly working with Scott again.[8][page needed]
In December 1997, the project was called into question when the projected budget escalated to $108 million due to media and shareholder scrutiny of the studio in financing a big-budget film.[14] Scott rewrote the script to reduce the film's budget by $20 million but in March 1998, the studio canceled the project due to budgetary concerns and quite possibly to the box office failures of Scott's last three films,1492: Conquest of Paradise,White Squall, andG.I. Jane.[15][16][8][page needed] Schwarzenegger's recent films (Eraser and Warner Bros.' ownBatman & Robin) also underperformed, and the studio's latest experiences with big budget sci-fi moviesSphere andThe Postman were negative as well.[8][page needed] In August 1998, directorRob Bowman was attached to the project,[17] with Protosevich hired to write a third new draft, far more action-oriented than his previous versions but the director (who reportedly wished forNicolas Cage to play the lead) moved on to directReign of Fire and the project did not get off the ground.[8][page needed][18]
In March 2002, Schwarzenegger became the producer ofI Am Legend, commencing negotiations withMichael Bay to direct and Will Smith to star in the film.[19] Bay and Smith were attracted to the project based on a redraft that would reduce its budget.[20] The project was shelved due to Warner Bros. presidentAlan F. Horn's dislike of the script.[21] In 2004,Akiva Goldsman was asked by head of production Jeff Robinov to produce the film.[22] In September 2005, directorFrancis Lawrence signed on to helm the project, with production slated to begin in 2006.Guillermo del Toro was originally approached to direct by Smith, but turned it down to directHellboy II: The Golden Army.[23] Lawrence, whose filmConstantine was produced by Goldsman, was fascinated by empty urban environments. He said, "Something's always really excited me about that... to have experienced that much loss, to be without people or any kind of social interaction for that long."[22]
Goldsman took on the project, as he admired the secondI Am Legend film adaptation,The Omega Man.[24] A rewrite was done to distance the project from the otherzombie films inspired by the novel,[19] as well as from the recently released28 Days Later, although Goldsman was inspired by the scenes of a deserted London in the British horror film to create the scenes of a deserted New York City.[24] A 40-page scene-by-scene outline of the film was developed by May 2006. When delays occurred on Smith's filmHancock, which was scheduled for 2007, it was proposed to switch Smith's films. This meant filming would have to begin in 16 weeks; production was given a green light, using Goldsman's script and the outline.[22] Elements from Protosevich's script were introduced, while the crew consulted with experts on infectious diseases andsolitary confinement.[24] Rewrites continued throughout filming, because of Smith's improvisational skills and Lawrence's preference to keep various scenes silent.[22] Lawrence had watchedJane Campion's filmThe Piano with a low volume so as to not disturb his newborn son and realized that silence could be very effective cinema.[25]
Will Smith signed on to play Robert Neville in April 2006.[26] He said he took onI Am Legend because he felt it could be like "Gladiator [or]Forrest Gump—these are movies with wonderful, audience-pleasing elements, but also uncompromised artistic value. [This] always felt like it had those possibilities to me."[24] The actor found Neville to be his toughest acting challenge since portrayingMuhammad Ali inAli (2001). He said that "when you're on your own, it is kind of hard to find conflict." The film's dark tone and exploration of whether Neville has gone insane during his isolation meant Smith had to restrain himself from falling into a humorous routine during takes.[27] To prepare for his role, Smith visited theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention inGeorgia. He also met with a person who had been in solitary confinement and a formerprisoner of war.[28] Smith compared Neville toJob, who lost his children, livelihood, and health. Like theBook of Job,I Am Legend studies the questions, "Can he find a reason to continue? Can he find the hope or desire to excel and advance in life? Or does the death of everything around him create imminent death for himself?"[19] He also cited an influence inTom Hanks' performance inCast Away (2000).[24]
Abbey and Kona, both three-year-old German Shepherd dogs, played Neville's dog Sam.[29] The rest of the supporting cast consists ofSalli Richardson as Zoe, Robert's wife,[30] andAlice Braga as a survivor named Anna.[30]Willow Smith, Will Smith's daughter, makes her film debut as Marley, Neville's daughter.[31]Emma Thompson has an uncredited role as Dr. Alice Krippin, who appears on television explaining her cure for cancer that mutates into the virus.[32] SingerMike Patton provided the guttural screams of the infected "hemocytes", andDash Mihok provided the character animation for the infected "alpha male". Several filler characters with uncredited roles were in old news broadcasts and flashbacks, such as the unnamed President's voice (Pat Fraley), and the cast ofThe Today Show.
Akiva Goldsman decided to move the story from Los Angeles to New York City to take advantage of locations that would more easily show emptiness.[9] Goldsman explained, "L.A. looks empty at three o'clock in the afternoon, [but] New York is never empty . . . it was a much more interesting way of showing the windswept emptiness of the world."[27] Warner Bros. initially rejected this idea because of the logistics,[22] but Francis Lawrence was determined to shoot on location, to give the film a natural feel that would benefit from not shooting on soundstages. Lawrence went to the city with acamcorder, and filmed areas filled with crowds. Then, a special effects test was conducted to remove all those people. The test had a powerful effect on studio executives.[25] Michael Tadross convinced authorities to close busy areas such as theGrand Central Terminal viaduct, several blocks ofFifth Avenue, andWashington Square Park.[22] The film was shot primarily in theanamorphic format, with flashback scenes shot inSuper 35.[33]
Filming began on September 23, 2006.[34] The Marcy Avenue Armory in Williamsburg was used for the interior of Neville's home,[27] whileGreenwich Village was used for the exterior.[19] Other locations include the Tribeca section of lower Manhattan, the aircraft carrierIntrepid, theKingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, and St. Patrick's Cathedral.[9] Weeds were imported from Florida and were strewn across locations to make the city look like it had been overgrown with them.[22] The closure of major streets was controversial with New Yorkers. Will Smith said, "I don't think anyone's going to be able to do that in New York again anytime soon. People were not happy. That's the most middle fingers I've ever gotten in my career."[19]
A bridge scene was filmed for six consecutive nights in January on the Brooklyn Bridge to serve as a flashback scene in which New York's citizens evacuate the city. Shooting the scene consumed $5 million of the film's reported $150 million budget, which was likely the most expensive shoot in the city to date. The scene, which had to meet requirements from 14 government agencies, involved 250 crew members and 1,000 extras, including 160 National Guard members.[6][7][35] Also present were severalHumvees, threeStrykers, a 110-foot (34 m)cutter, a 41-foot (12 m)utility boat, and two 25-foot (7.6 m) response boat small craft, as well as other vehicles including taxis, police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances.[6] Filming concluded on March 31, 2007.[34]Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was used to depict the main spans of the Brooklyn Bridge and theManhattan Bridge collapsing as missiles from passing military jets blew them up to quarantine Manhattan island.
The end of the film was shot inLambertville, New Jersey.[36]
Reshoots were conducted around November 2007. Lawrence noted, "We weren't seeing fully rendered shots until about a month ago. The movie starts to take on a whole other life. It's not until later that you can judge a movie as a whole and go, 'Huh, maybe we should shoot this little piece in the middle, or tweak this a little bit.' It just so happened that our reshoots revolved around the end of the movie."[37]
A week into filming, Lawrence felt the infected (referred to as "Darkseekers" or "hemocytes" in the script), who were being portrayed by actors wearing prosthetics, were not convincing. His decision to use CGI resulted in an increased budget and extendedpost-production, although the end results were not always well received.[38][39] The concept behind the infected was that theiradrenal glands were open all of the time, and Lawrence explained:
"They needed to have an abandon in their performance that you just can't get out of people in the middle of the night when they're barefoot. And their metabolisms are really spiked, so they're constantlyhyperventilating, which you can't really get actors to do for a long time or they pass out."
— Francis Lawrence[22]
The actors remained on set to providemotion capture.[27][40] "The film's producers and sound people wanted the creatures in the movie to sound somewhat human, but not the standard", so Mike Patton, lead singer ofFaith No More, was engaged to provide the screams and howls of the infected.[41]
In addition, CGI was used for the lions anddeer in the film, and to erase pedestrians in shots of New York. Workers visible in windows, spectators, and moving cars in the distance were all removed. In his vision of an empty New York, Lawrence citedJohn Ford as his influence:
"We didn't want to make an apocalyptic movie where the landscape felt apocalyptic. A lot of the movie takes place on a beautiful day. There's something magical about the empty city as opposed to dark and scary that was the ideal that the cast and crew wanted."
— Francis Lawrence (2007)[24]
The soundtrack forI Am Legend was released on January 15, 2008, under the record labelVarèse Sarabande. The music was composed byJames Newton Howard and performed by theHollywood Studio Symphony. The film also featuresBob Marley songs "Redemption Song", "Three Little Birds", "Buffalo Soldier" and "Stir It Up". Marley is also discussed in the film, and Neville's daughter is named after him.[42][43]
I Am Legend was originally slated for a November 21, 2007, release in the United States and Canada,[44] but was delayed to December 14.[45] The film opened on December 26, 2007, in the United Kingdom,[46] and Ireland, having been originally scheduled for January 4, 2008.[27]
In December 2007, China temporarily suspended the release of all American films in the country,[47] which is believed to have delayed the release ofI Am Legend. Will Smith spoke to the chairman ofChina Film Group about securing a release date, later explaining, "We struggled very, very hard to try to get it to work out, but there are only a certain amount of foreign films that are allowed in."[28]
Premieres were held in Tokyo, New York, and London. At the London premiere inLeicester Square, British comedian and actorNeg Dupree was arrested after pushing his way onto the red carpet and running around shouting "I am Negend!".[48] The stunt was part of his "Neg's Urban Sports" section of comedy game showBalls of Steel.
The film'steaser trailer was attached to the screenings ofHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And a tie-in comic fromDC Comics andVertigo Comics was created,I Am Legend: Awakening.[49] The project drew upon collaboration fromBill Sienkiewicz, screenwriter Mark Protosevich, and authorOrson Scott Card. The son of the original book's author, Richard Christian Matheson, also collaborated on the project. The project advanced from the comic to an online format in which animated featurettes (created by the team fromBroken Saints) were shown on the official website.[50]
In October 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with the Electric Sheep Company, launched the online multiplayer gameI Am Legend: Survival in the virtual worldSecond Life. The game was the largest launched in the virtual world in support of a film release, permitting people to play against each other as the infected or the uninfected across a replicated 60 acres (240,000 m2) of New York City.[51] The studio also hired the ad agency Crew Creative to develop a website that was specifically viewable on theiPhone.[52]
The film was released onDVD on March 18, 2008, byWarner Home Video, in two editions: a one-disc release, including the movie with four animated comics ("Death As a Gift", "Isolation", "Sacrificing the Few for the Many", and "Shelter"), and otherDVD-ROM features, and a two-disc special edition that includes all these extras, an alternative theatrical version of the movie with an ending that follows closer to that from the novel,[53] and adigital copy of the film.[54] On the high-definition end, the movie has been released on theBlu-ray Disc format andHD DVD format along with the DVD release, with the HD-DVD version being released later on April 8, 2008.[55] Both HD releases include all the features available in the two-disc DVD edition.[55] A three-disk Ultimate Collector's Edition was also released on December 9, 2008.[56] On December 6, 2016, the movie was released onUltra HD Blu-ray as a combo-pack. This version featured the theatrical version in4K, and a standard Blu-ray disc with both versions of the movie and all the previous extras. It also included a digital copy of the theatrical version in HD.[57]
The film has sold 7.04 million DVDs and earned $126.2 million in revenue, making it the sixth-best-selling DVD of 2008.[58] However, Warner Bros. was reportedly "a little disappointed" with the film's performance on the DVD market.[59]
Analternative ending, which had been removed from the theatrical cut due to negative response from initialtest screening audiences, was released on the two-disc special edition DVD ofI Am Legend in 2008:[53][60][61][62][63][64]
As the Darkseekers attack the lab; the alpha male creates a butterfly shape while trying to break through the glass. Neville recognizes it as a reference to the butterfly tattoo on the female Darkseeker's neck, realizing the alpha male and his followers just want to recover his mate. Neville puts down his gun, returns the female, and they stare each other down. Neville apologizes after seeing the alpha's emotional response. The alpha departs with his pack. Neville, shocked, looks at photos of his test subjects and feels he has become a monster, remorseful for his experiments. The next morning, Neville leaves his research with Anna and Ethan for Vermont to find the survivors' colony. They cross theGeorge Washington Bridge as Anna concludes with: 'You are not alone.'
In February 2023, it was announced that the sequel toI Am Legend would disregard the theatrical ending and instead serve as a follow-up to the alternative ending, with Smith reprising his role as Neville as he resumes his experiments on the Darkseekers.[65]
I Am Legend collected $77.2 million during its opening weekend, ranking in first place at the box office aboveAlvin and the Chipmunks.[66] It surpassedThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to have the highest December opening weekend.[67] That record would be surpassed byThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey five years later in 2012.[68]
The film grossed $256 million domestically and $329 million internationally, increasing the total gross to $585.4 million.[3]
OnRotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 68% based on 213 reviews with an average rating of 6.34/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "I Am Legend overcomes questionable special effects and succeeds largely on the strength of Will Smith's mesmerizing performance."[69] OnMetacritic, the film has aweighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[70] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[71]
A. O. Scott wrote that Will Smith gave a "graceful and effortless performance" and also noted the "third-act collapse". He felt that the movie "does ponder some pretty deep questions about the collapse and persistence of human civilization".[72]Dana Stevens ofSlate wrote that the movie lost its way around the hour mark, noting that "the Infected just aren't that scary."[32]NPR criticBob Mondello noted the film's subtext concerning globalterrorism and that this aspect made the film fit in perfectly with other, more direct cinematic explorations of the subject.[73]Richard Roeper gave the film a positive review on the television programAt the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, commending Will Smith as being in "prime form", also saying there are "some amazing sequences" and that there was "a pretty heavy screenplay for an action film."[74] In his review for theChicago Sun-Times,Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, writing, "Given its setup,I Am Legend is well-constructed to involve us with Dr. Neville and his campaign to survive."[75] The film has been criticized for diverging from Matheson's novel, especially in its portrayal of a specifically Christian theme.[76] Much of the negative criticism concerned the film's thirdact,[38][39][77] with some critics favoring the alternative ending in the DVD release.[53]
Popular Mechanics published an article on December 14, 2007,[78] addressing some of the scientific issues raised by the film:
The magazine solicited reactions fromAlan Weisman, author ofThe World Without Us,virologistW. Ian Lipkin,MD, and Michel Bruneau, PhD, comparing their predictions with the film's depictions. The article raised the most questions regarding the virus' mutation and the medical results, and pointed out that asuspension bridge like the Brooklyn Bridge would likely completely collapse rather than losing only its middle span. Neville's method of producing power using gasoline-powered generators seemed the most credible: "This part of the tale is possible, if not entirely likely,"Popular Mechanics editor Roy Berendsohn says.
Marxist philosopherSlavoj Žižek criticized the film politically for, in his view, "being the mostregressive adaptation from the novel." He said that while the original novel had a "progressivemulticultural message" where Neville became a "legend" to the new creatures and is subsequently killed by them (much like vampire were legends to humans), the 2007 film finds a cure for the Darkseekers and it is delivered by a survivor through"divine intervention". For Žižek, this misses the original message and "openly opt[s] forreligious fundamentalism."[79]
I Am Legend earned four nominations for theVisual Effects Society awards,[80] and was also nominated forOutstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble at theScreen Actors Guild Awards,[81] Outstanding Film and Actor at theImage Awards,[82] and Best Sound at theSatellite Awards. In June 2008, Will Smith won aSaturn Award for Best Actor.[83]Will Smith also won theMTV Movie Awards for Best Male Performance.[84]
DirectorFrancis Lawrence said in 2008 that there would be a prequel and that Will Smith would be reprising his role. The plot of the film would reveal what happened to Neville before the infected took over New York.D. B. Weiss was hired to write the script, while Lawrence was in negotiations to return as director, contingent on a sufficiently interesting story. Smith later discussed the premise, which would have his character and a team going from New York City to Washington, D.C., as they made their last stand against those infected with the virus.[85] The film would again explore the premise of being alone. Lawrence stated, "... the tough thing is, how do we do that again and in a different way?"[86] In May 2011, Lawrence stated that the prequel was no longer in development saying, "I don't think that's ever going to happen."[87]
In 2012, Warner Bros. announced that negotiations had begun to produce another installment with the intention of having Smith reprise his role.[88] In April 2014, the studio acquired a script entitledA Garden at the End of the World, described as a post-apocalyptic variation ofThe Searchers. Studio executives found so many similarities toI Am Legend in the screenplay, they had the author Gary Graham rewrite it so it could serve as a reboot of the story, hoping to create a franchise with the new film. By 2014, Smith, who is known for his reluctance to appear in sequels, had not commented on whether he would appear.[89]
On March 4, 2022, a sequel was officially announced as in development, with Will Smith reprising his role andMichael B. Jordan set to star, and both Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan will be producing. Akiva Goldsman would also return to write the script.[90] The film will follow up on the alternative ending, rather than the theatrical.[65]
On July 25, 2024, Goldsman announced that a second draft had been written. One day later,Steven Caple Jr. was reported to be in talks to direct the sequel.[91]
In the opening moments, Will Smith joked about his 2007 post-apocalyptic action thriller I Am Legend, based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.
Will Smith cemented his standing as the number-one box-office draw in Hollywood with his latest action thrillerI Am Legend,which soared past lofty expectations to open on top and drive the overall marketplace to an explosive weekend ending the recent slump.
