I Am Legend 2 Prequel Or Sequel?
Earlier we reported that Warner Bros. was moving forward with a prequel “I Am Legend.” But now rumor has it that “I Am Legend 2″ might indeed be a sequel after all.
The original idea was for the film to take place “several years before the original film” and follow Will Smith’s character Robert Neville as he fails to save a small pocket of survivors.
AICN recently had a scooper email them about the new film:
Let’s start at the beginning. Smith is actually the one who developed the initial story. It took place several years before the original film and there were still pockets of survivors and the story centered around Smith interacting, bonding, and ultimately failing to save them. For months this was the story. Warner’s didn’t much care for it and Smith and Weiss eventually came on board and all parties agreed to change things up. Well this change is pretty insane, the film is no longer a prequel, it’s a f@#*ing sequel!
The site also said that they had never never tested this source before, so this news should be “consumed with a grain of salt.” Of course, the studio hasn’t commented on the development of I Am Legend 2.
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Will Smith’s “I Am Legend” Prequel In Works
“I Am Legend” was very successful so Warner Bros will make Will Smith’s movie prequel which is the only way to extend a franchise that grossed $584 million worldwide.
His character was killed in the first film, after extracting a potential cure for the virus for the scattered but this news is great for fans - more adventures of younger Robert Neville.
Will Smith will reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville and Francis Lawrence will return to direct.
The prequel will chronicle the final days of humanity in New York before a man-made virus caused a plague that left Smith’s character the lone survivor among a mutated mob in the city.
The studio has set DB Weiss to write a script that is based on a detailed outline that was hatched over the past few months by Smith, Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter and Lawrence.
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‘I Am Legend’ Alternate/Original Ending
The DVD for I Am Legend will be released March 18, 2008, and will include an alternative ending.
The alternate ending was leaked onto YouTube, so you can watch it here (while you can).
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Is this ending better than the theatrical version? What’s your opinion?
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‘I Am Legend 2′ Coming Soon?
I Am Legend has made Warner Brothers a ridiculous amount of money, and it’s still in theaters making it. So it should come as no surprise to anyone to learn that the WB has already started lining things up for a sequel. Shock Till You Drop reports that they’ve gotten Richard Matheson, the author of the original novel on which the film is based, to sign off on the rights to a sequel.
Of course that doesn’t mean it’ll happen, it may be something Warners is doing “just in case”. A case, which I hope never comes. I love I Am Legend, in fact it made it into my top 10 list for 2007, but it’s perfect as is. It’s a standalone movie, there’s no room in it for a follow up. Anything else they do with it would invariably be a thinly constructed cash-in. There’s really only two ways to make another one. Either do a prequel, which would destroy the original film by over-explaining things we didn’t need to know about, or do a sequel which follows characters we don’t know or care about. Neither option is particularly attractive. The last man on Earth should be left alone.
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VFX used in “I Am Legend”
One of the interesting complaints against the new Will Smith movie, I Am Legend, is how horrible the special effects were, specifically for the vampires. I still haven’t gotten the chance to check out the movie myself, but this has been a common enough complaint.
A recent article in VFX World sheds some light on this. You won’t hear many people praise the movie for the effects work on turning Manhattan into a desolate wasteland and that’s a shame. The effects work, more than 800 shots, were completed by Sony Picutes Imageworks.
What I love about the article is how candid the effects supervisor is about what obviously worked and didn’t during production.
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Will Smith’s New Movie ‘I Am Legend’ Banned From China
Will Smith’’s new movie ‘I Am Legend’ has suffered a major box office setback in the Far East now that Chinese film bosses have banned it from their cinemas.
Smith has been busy campaigning to secure a release for I Am Legend, but China is stubbornly sticking to its policy of capping the influx of Hollywood movies - part of a drive to boost the country’s film industry.
The delay comes amid reports China has issued a three-month ban on all American films.
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