I Am Legend prequel greenlit!

It is official, Warner Bros has greenlit a prequel to I Am Legend. Will Smith has signed on to reprise his role as Robert Neville, and Francis Lawrence has returned as director. Looks like Lawrence won’t be finding time to work on Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor anytime soon. According to Variety, D.B. Weiss (The Game) is writing the script based on a detailed plot outline that was developed over the past few months by Smith, Lawrence, Akiva Goldsman (producer and screenwriter of the original).
The prequel will follow Neville in the last days before and after the man-made virus kills/mutates New York City. A sequel was considered, but obviously wouldn’t have been possible without starting over with a completely new lead character/actor. No word on if author Richard Matheson was consulted about the film. Apocalyptic stories usually sit in one of two categories, pre-Apocalyptic (ie Armageddon, Independence Day) or post-Apocalyptic (I Am Legend, Children of Men), so it will be an interesting change to see a film which might straddle both.

















September 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I think the Terminator series dis a pretty good job of straddling the line between pre and post apocalyptic pretty well.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Nevermind the Resident Evil Series
September 28th, 2008 at 12:56 am
What about 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later?!
September 28th, 2008 at 11:11 am
as long as they bring the dog back ill watch