Another Legend For Warners? Sequel rights snapped up for Smith Source: Shock Till You Drop
Warner Bros. has reportedly secured the sequel rights to I Am Legend, leaving the way open for a follow-up to the Will Smith-starring apocalyptic action film - although there's no announcement on any sequel plans, so don't march on the studio just yet.
The film, based on the legendary novel by Richard Matheson and starring the never knowingly out-charismaed Will Smith, has pulled in a frankly astonishing $335 million since it opened about 3 weeks ago, making it the highest-grossing vampire movie ever (we're not calling them bloody "dark seekers", OK?) and one of the top ten highest grossing films of the last year. So it should really be a surprise if there weren't any rumblings about a sequel.
That said, it's very unlikely that we'd see the same cast and crew - in particular, the star - back for a sequel, and the most likely option if this does go ahead would be (in Empire's entirely speculative opinion) to go for a change of tone, pace and scale and bring the story back closer to the book, but perhaps introducing a few elements of the film's last act. Perhaps any sequel could finish with something approaching the finale of the book, which would make Kim Newman (who's a fan) a much happier man.
But what to call it? I Am Legend Too? I'm Still Legend After All This Time? Bob Marley's Greatest Hits Vol. 2? (In-joke there for those of you who have already been to see it). Speak your brain!
I Am Legend was a pretty horrendous version of 28 Days Later, which was pretty awful in itself, so a sequel can only get worse although
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if the vampire/zombie/iinfected/whojits reigned down on the survivor colony it could all be quite claustrophobic and if we got rid of the BLOODY CGI the whole thing could be a lot better. and will smith wasnt that impressive anyways. ... Read More
To be honest, im still gutted i wasted 2 hours of my life watching this tripe. I thought the film was shocking, and to be honest the 28 films were a lot scarier, well crafted and directed and were probably made for a fraction of the cost of I Am Legend.
I havent read the book, but apparently they ruined the original story and toatally changed some things around. And also, what was with the fucking Lions??? Where did they come from??? And before someone quips "The Zoo"....you tellin... Read More
well, after watching the movie i felt that i wanted to know more about what happened before this story.
how he survived the last couple of years.
how he started to hunt down the dark seekers.
and that my friends is where the next story lies.
bring will back in a prequel.
tell us what happened until I AM LEGEND bit.
from the day of his families death to this day.
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I think they should leave the film alone. I haven't read the book, but watching the film I felt it finished with no questions un-answered. It would be a shame to make a sequal just to make more money and not to further the story. It wouldn't be the same without the original cast anyway, it would just feel like a cheap rehash or a failed follow on ... Read More
