“
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.
