I WILL BE LEGEND
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 09/25/2008
- News
Movies for which prequels don't have to be the worst idea: The Stuff. Brian's Song. Orca.
Movies for which prequels are a terrible idea: most of them. Including I Am Legend. Yes, the rumored superfluous film is going ahead at Warner Brothers, and if it isn't two hours of Will Smith in a lab coat running a centrifuge I'm going to be pissed.
Smith will likely return, at least, as will director Francis Lawrence. D.B. Weiss is penning a script based on an outline from Lawrence, Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter and Smith himself."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." Which means, what? A movie where there's no wait for a table in any SoHo restaurant? Free cab rides? Porn comes back to Times Square? Not that it matters. $500m+ worldwide has spoken.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Misfit)
I hope it's two hours of Smith memorizing Shrek.
Comment #2 (Posted by Bob)
Every year, Will Smith ponders how he's going to fight flying CGI next. 'How are audiences going to see me fighting CGI in the new year?' I was betting on some kind of scenario where Smith goes on safari in Africa and has to fight flying CG jungle beasts to save a bunch of tourists, but I guess this prequel is happening first.
Comment #3 (Posted by RCA)
The last man alive, is not alone..... Well, at least not for the next two hours and 10 minutes. Even after that, though, he technically has a dog, so depending on your definition of what "alone" entails, he is actually always with another living being and never definitely alone. Scared? Yes. Bob Marley collection on iPod? Check. Alone? Not really. Clearly, he has a buddy to communicate with and even a wing man by his side when his loins get hungry and he has to scratch that itch by hitting on mannequins. If only they would TALK TO HIM!!!
Comment #4 (Posted by Renn Brown)
Big-budget 28 Weeks Later?
Comment #5 (Posted by surprised chewer)
Comments are back?
Comment #6 (Posted by Aeghast)
Good thing comments are back; so it'll be more obvious when I skip any Farici pretentious writing
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Comment #8 (Posted by Xenu Cruise)
They better throw a new Batman trailer in front of it if they want to make the same kind of numbers.
Comment #9 (Posted by Heckle)
How do you make a film worse than I am Legend? And piss on Richard Mathesons beautiful story at the same time?
Make a prequel to a terrible movie called I am Legend.
Comment #10 (Posted by Ogami Itto)
I hope Richard Matheson rises from the dead and sucks the blood out of everyone involved in this prequel.
Comment #11 (Posted by Ogawa)
Matheson isn't dead.
Comment #12 (Posted by MID)
Matheson isn't dead but Farchachi is a FAT FUCK!
Comment #13 (Posted by The love guru)
The I am legend prequel needs to go into indepth detail as to how Will smith's character suffered enough brain damage to start quoting Shrek towards the end of I am legend. Maybe a back story about how he used to feel up his daughter or something, as she was watching shrek. Some thing deep like that. And don't forget the rubbery, jerky Cgi. We need more shit, pronto. Add in a love scene with the dog and we have box office gold.
Comment #14 (Posted by Erix)
I didn't hate I Am Legend.
But, fuck this.
Comment #15 (Posted by Ogami Itto)
I stand corrected. Mr. Matheson is alive and well at the age of 82.
Comment #16 (Posted by GH)
It will become know that the infection all starts on the set of "Dancing with the Stars". K Kardashian is the primary carrier!
Comment #17 (Posted by Metrognome)
Wow, I guess I stand corrected from when I had the thought that a movie could not be made that was less influenced by the novel allegedly inspiring it than the first one.
Perhaps all of the other humans in this one will also be totally CG and unrealistic looking.
One question, why can't somebody just make a fucking movie based on this novel with vampires in it, since thats the ENTIRE basis of the book?
