The film follows Smith as a lone survivor in New York, after a virus designed to cure cancer wipes out most of mankind; those who aren\u2019t killed are transformed into vampire-like mutants who feed on the uninfected survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n The sequel will ignore the widely criticised ending of the first film, in which Smith\u2019s character Dr Robert Neville sacrificed himself, and instead <\/span>treat the alternate ending to the first movie as canon.<\/span><\/p>\n The alternative ending was filmed and released on DVD, and showed Smith\u2019s character surviving after managing to fend off a final attack from the infected.<\/span> Here\u2019s everything we know about the forthcoming sequel.<\/span><\/p>\n With I Am Legend 2 still in the early stages of development, an official release date is yet to be confirmed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The sequel was officially announced back in March 2022, with Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the first movie, set to return to write the script.<\/span><\/p>\n While the project seemed to be stuck in development hell for some time, Deadline<\/a> reported I Am Legend 2 was still moving ahead in February 2023, w<\/span>ith Warner Bros re-teaming with Goldsman\u2019s production company Weed Road in a multi-year first-look deal.<\/span><\/p>\n Goldsman said of the deal: \u201c<\/span>We\u2019re starting with two projects that are fun and very much Warners; the sequel to I Am Legend, with Will and Michael B Jordan, and the sequel to Constantine with Keanu Reeves that Francis Lawrence is going to direct.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m coming out of the gate fast. We\u2019re doing it with JJ Abrams, and Francis and Keanu and I have been pretty deep in the story breaking stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n When I Am Legend was first released, the movie grossed $585 million worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n With the ending included on the home release taken as canon, Will Smith is set to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville in I Am Legend 2.<\/p>\n Smith previously admitted at one point he \u201cwas gonna leave [I Am Legend] alone\u201d, but after hearing the latest pitch for the sequel, he was keen to return.<\/p>\n \u201cThe idea came up. I can\u2019t talk about it yet. But it\u2019s a really, really cool concept and [Michael B Jordan] was a part of creating the idea. It was one of those I was gonna leave alone, and then I heard the idea. But that might work, I think we can do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The only other cast member announced at this stage is newcomer Jordan (Black Panther, Creed<\/a>). The actor\u2019s role in the film remains unclear. Both Smith and Jordan are also credited as producers.<\/p> Little is known about the plot of I Am Legend 2, b<\/span>ut we do know a few facts about the film\u2019s setting and inspirations.<\/span><\/p>\n The sequel will use 2007\u2019s alternative ending as a launching point and depict the post-apocalypse with \u201ca 20-30 year lapse\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will start a few decades later than the first,\u201d Goldsman previously told Deadline<\/a> of the sequel, adding that The Last of Us<\/a> was an inspiration for him.<\/span><\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m obsessed with The Last of Us, where we see the world just post apocalypse but also after a 20-30-year lapse. It will be especially visual in New York. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll climb up to the Empire State Building, but the possibilities are endless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe trace back to the original Matheson book<\/a>, and the alternate ending as opposed to the released ending in the original film. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat Matheson was talking about was that man\u2019s time on the planet as the dominant species had come to an end. That\u2019s a really interesting thing we\u2019re going to get to explore. There will be a little more fidelity to the original text.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I Am Legend 2 was initially conceived as a prequel, following Smith\u2019s Richard Neville before the mutant outbreak, but this idea was eventually abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking on an appearance on the <\/span>Happy Sad Confused<\/span><\/a> podcast, director Francis Lawrence admitted that \u201cit just felt forced to do a prequel\u201d, before adding: \u201cWe\u2019ve done the last man on earth, he died at the end of the movie, we can\u2019t do it again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>
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