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11 October 2007
New I Am Legend Poster
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New I Am Legend Poster
How secretive has I Am Legend been? Really, considering it's based on a book that was published 53 years ago, Warners are playing their vampire zombies things very close to their chest. But, we kind of like it. So far all we've seen is a minimal teaser trailer and a (slightly drab) teaser poster. Today we get another poster (below) and while, again, it doesn't give a lot away, we really like it.

The mood of this piece just seems so perfect. Nobody's tried too hard to make the barren New York – in which Smith finds himself the only normal human in a country that's succumbed to a vampiric virus – too self-consciously spooky, just letting the oddness of a bustling metropolis stripped of its bustle speak for itself.


This makes us hopeful that Francis Lawrence can produce something that comes close to the unhurried terror of Richard Matheson's book and not a film that takes the bare bones and slaps a Hollywood action movie skin on top.

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Not sure which book you are reading coomi01 but its not that black and white. And the trailer and the poster seem to be appropriately understated. This isn't and should not be turned into an all guns blazing zombie horror. It is much more about issues of normality and how we feel we would cope in such a devastating situation as well as the need for companionship and ultimately the need for your own role to make sense. ... Read More

krustyx3 About me

19:47, 13 October 2007 | Report This Post
RE: New I Am Legend Poster
ooh,bland poster! ... Read More

lympo About me

14:10, 12 October 2007 | Report This Post
RE: New I Am Legend Poster
coomi01 - that's not how the book ends at all, so there may be a surprise or 2 in store for folk who have only seen Charlton Heston doing his Undead-Slayer Thing... ... Read More

Darckcloud About me

13:28, 12 October 2007 | Report This Post
Is it me...
*****Spoilers from the book and possible film adaptation*****       ...or have the publicity people on this film all forgotten that (SPOILER ALERT, NATCH, LOL) we KNOW there are vampires in it, we KNOW Will Smith ISNT the last person alive and we all KNOW that he DIES at the end saving a bunch of kids (though God knows they'll make up whatever end they want to) Being Big Willy, it'll probably end up see him being re-united with his family and finding a cure and saving a c... Read More

coomi01 About me

20:49, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
I need another trailer one with VAMPIRES ha ha ha ... Read More

johnmcclane About me

18:57, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
looking forward to the film but i think the posters suck ... Read More

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