I am legends alternate ending wrapped things up way. I am legend reboots without will smith dark horizons. Granted, i am legend was one of the more successful zombie flicks out of a solid group that includes dawn of the dead, zombieland, and world war z, but that was mostly due to its early position in. Smith is said to be reluctant to do sequels men in black and bad boys notwithstanding, it would seem, which is why he has also avoided independence day 2. I am legend director reveals the movie he wishes hed made. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films the last man on earth 1964, the omega man 1971, and i am legend 2007. Pictures have decided to turn the will smithled 2007 film adaptation of the classic horror story i am legend into a potential new franchise. Directed by francis lawrence, the film stars will smith as us army virologist robert neville 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, other than. But dont expect a sequel or a prequel to the original, as this new project will instead be a reboot. There were also rumors of a sequel at one stage but nothing came from that either. Weve heard for some time now that a prequel to smith and director francis lawrences i am legend was in the works, but the trail has gone cold in recent months and years. The will smithled scifihorror vehicle was a huge box office success, and warners has long.
Everything you need to know about i am legend 2 movie. Warner bros has given up trying to make a sequel or prequel to the will smithheadlined i am legend. Sometime in or before 2009, sam was a puppy, who was adopted and became part of the neville family, consisting of lieutenant colonel robert neville and his wife and daughter zoe and marley. Joyce argues the alternate endings of i am legend francis lawrence 2007 exemplify the differences between the apocalyptic and postapocalyptic genres and explains why the postapocalyptic is preferable for transmedia storytelling. I have decided to use robert neville from i am legend as the starting. The film is based on the novel by richard matheson which also inspired 1971s. According to deadline, warner has bought a script by gary graham called a garden at the end of the world. There was talk of a possible i am legend reboot back in 2014, but the. I am legend 2 2007 will smith, alice braga, charlie tahan drama, horror, scifi movies 2017. Will smiths 2007 box office hit i am legend had an ending that divided audiences, but an alternate ending exists that does more justice to the book. While we may never get the prequel, sequel or reboot that was proposed to keep i am legend on the books known as active development, there.
While using the title of richard mathesons novel suggested that it would be a more faithful adaptation than previous versions 1964s the last man on earth and 1971s the omega man changing the creatures completely altered the. According to deadline again, thats where the reboot currently sits, as a retrofitted version of gary grahams script for a garden at the end of the world that theyre slapping the i am legend. Gary graham wrote a garden at the end of the world, described as a scifi version. I am legend, reboot remake there is an i am legend reboot in the works over at warner bros. But the closest that i am legend ever got to the screen prewill, came from ridley scott who was set to make the film with arnie back in 1997. I am legend director bats down talk of rebooting franchise. I understand how a reboot can add an interesting new take on a beloved story, but only waiting seven years since the previous interpretation seems ridiculous.
Warner is retrofitting a garden at the end of the world, a spec script that the studio bought back in april from gary graham, who was working at. Way back in 2007, i am legend got some chuckles out of audiences with a particularly warner bros. I am legend director francis lawrence has been reflecting on the. I am legend reboot set as warner bros works with pitch. I am legend 2 is confirmed with will smith starring. After years of trying, warner bros finally has found a way to extend its hit will smith lastmanonearth blockbuster i am legend into a potential new franchise. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. Like the book of job, i am legend studies the questions, can he find a reason to. To be based on gary grahams spec script a garden at the end of the world. The alternate ending to i am legend where they respect him and growl at him in an acknowledging way is odd and feels out of place. Now, theyve completely given up on a sequel, and instead are rebooting the movie. Off the back of the huge success of i am legend back in 2007, warner bros was keen to develop either a prequel or a sequel to the film. As such, its no surprise that the book has been adapted for the big screen, in this case three. Our expectations were not that high for the adaptation of the graphic novel that starred will smith as one of the last humans left in an empty new york city, accompanied only by his dog and a.
An attempt had been made to develop a prequel to smiths i am legend a few years back, but now the plan is to rework a spec script called a garden at. An i am legend reboot sequel is in the works complex. Would you like an i am legend reboot after just seven years. Production was prepped to go with a script from mark protosevich the cell with no dialogue in the first hour and a bleak ending. Reboot of the 2007 film which was based on the 1954 novel by richard matheson. Apparently, the screenplay is quite close to that of i am legend, so the production company are going to use it as the basis for the reboot. After the breakout success of the original, the studio was eager to cash in on the popularity. The scottlogan version of i am legend was a mix of scifi and psychological thriller, without dialogue in the first hour and with a sombre ending. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in i am legend, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Well, theyve finally given up on that sequel and they are looking to just reboot the damn thing. Weve done the last man on earth, he died at the end of the movie, we cant do it again.
I am legend will come back as a reboot, based on a script that originally had nothing to do with i am legend. I am legend internet movie firearms database guns in. I am legends biggest change from the book broke the movie. She was robert nevilles beloved german shepherd companion and best friend, and a survivor of the krippin virus. Will smith alice braga dash mihok 2007 somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, a military virologist is now the last human survivor in new york city and maybe the world.
No word yet on when exactly we can expect the reboot to hit theaters or who will star. The film is the third official film adaptation of richard mathesons scifi novel of the same name, the first being 1964s the last man on earth and the. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same name by richard matheson. Will smith reveals i am legend prequel story details.
Youtube has the ending of the movie i am legend, as it was originally planned. The studio is working on a reboot that isnt meant to star smith, who has been reluctant to do sequels and so far has avoided a reprise in independence day 2. The reboot is directly linked to many failed attempts to convince will smith to take part in a prequel as robert neville. I am legend is being rebooted by a former iphone salesman. This chapter first distinguishes between the apocalyptic and postapocalyptic and then defines the postapocalyptic genre as being related to the. The story of how an i am legend sequel came to be is a pretty interesting one. This story contains or implies at least a spoiler for i am legend. The end of the film was shot in lambertville, new jersey. The creatures in logans version were similar to the darkseekers of the finished film in their animalistic, barbaric nature. I am legend reboot in the works theomegaman theater.
Published in 1954, acclaimed author richard mathesons novel i am legend is one of the most highly regarded works of apocalyptic fiction to date. While the subgenre has since been flooded with imitators, the saga explored in i am legend has incredible staying power. I am legend is the 2007 science fiction action film directed by francis lawrence and stars will smith as robert neville, a us army doctor who struggles to find a cure to the virus that has affected nearly the entire population of the world. Over six years have passed since the original i am legend film hit theaters, and now it looks like warner bros. I am legend gets a reboot more 7 oct after many failed attempts to produce prequels and sequels to the 2007 highgrossing postapocalyptic movie i am legend.
The original script is described as a scifi version of john waynes the searchers. Gary graham screenplay, richard matheson inspired by the book. First, a few days ago we ran our look back on the legacy of i am legend, and in particular the cult classic film version of the tale the omega man check out our retrospective here. So, the speculation is that the new i am legend reboot script is an altered version of the classic movie the searchers. I am legend reboot set as warner bros works with pitch bought in. This is probably going to be very unpopular considering the movie remake and reboot hate, also id like to note that i loved the i am legend will smith movie.
I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the. If you ask the director of i am legend, a movie about the last man on earth is a pretty hard act to follow. Popular videos untitled i am legend reboot youtube. The new version of i am legend started with warner bros. The theatrical ending is a much stronger moment of recovery, and a. The theatrical ending of i am legend pulls a move that some studio execs, movie stars and even test audiences felt the film needed to pull. Since then, warner bros has been dabbled with how to make a sequel to the. But after the budget ballooned and scott and arnie were seen as box. I am legend is a surprisingly good retelling of the novel of the same name from richard matheson, even if it does fail a crucial test for many viewers. His original script titled a garden at the end of the world, was first meant to be science fiction spin on the john wayne film the searchers, but once it was picked up by warner bros. One of the more surprisingly awesome movies of 2007 was i am legend. I am legend reboot in the works without will smith film. In order to emphasize that the film was set in an alternate future of the earth, will. I am legends alternate ending wrapped things up way better.
Samantha, also known as sam, was the deuteragonist of i am legend. I am legend 1010 movie clip alternate ending 2007 hd. Even though the ending was divisive and horror fans were mixed on the cgi dark seekers, i am legend was one of the most successful films in the first wave of 21 st century zombie mania. I am legend director bats down talk of rebooting franchise syfy. I am legend getting a reboot after just seven years. I have never seen the searchers, so i went and read the story.
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