‘I Am Legend’: Michael B. Jordan To Join Will Smith in Sequel Movie

*The Deadman* · 03-04-2022, 04:28 PM

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/...-sequel-movie/

It’s been over a decade since Will Smith‘s 2007 hit I Am Legend toppled the global box office. Warner Bros. is finally upping the stakes on the property with a new sequel in development.

Per Deadline, Smith is returning for the next chapter as star and producer. He’ll be joined on screen by Black Panther‘s Michael B. Jordan, who will also produce.

Oscar winner and producer Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Richard Matheson 1954 novel, is also returning to write the follow-up. Plot details at this time remain under lock and key.

The 2007 film saw Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville “Wander alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Neville knows he is badly outnumbered, and the odds are against him, and all the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.”

Considering how I Am Legend concluded Neville’s story, it’ll be interesting to see how they approach his return.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-04-2022, 04:34 PM

Yeah, didn't he die in both versions of the ending?

joe-eyeball · 03-04-2022, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Yeah, didn't he die in both versions of the ending?

No, he ends up at that “sanctuary” with the girl and the kid in the alternate version. He only dies in the theatrical version

*IMJ* · 03-04-2022, 05:05 PM

Maybe Jordan's character is working off of Smith's "science notes" or something and Smith is all flashbacks?

~~Sumac~~ · 03-04-2022, 11:45 PM

So not only movie missed the point of original story, its also has a sequel which is not necessary. Typical Hollyshit.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-06-2022, 03:02 AM

My exposure to this was limited to both versions of the Smith version long ago, and more recently the Charlton Heston "Omega Man" a little more recently. Never read the book

I don't know. The Smith movie was a little overrated but fairly entertaining. I'm not sure I really loved either version of the ending, but I enjoyed the "ride" as it were until that point. If they want to do a Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan team up thing for a sequel a bunch of years later, I say let them. I'd give it a watch.

*neatoman* · 03-06-2022, 07:08 AM

I'm not entirely sure why they are making this movie in the first place. The first one did well but wasn't a massive hit or anything and I'm pretty sure the consensus is that it's just OK. At least with Independence Day 2 and Top Gun 2 I get it, those may have been sequels made decades later to movies that aren't that great, but they were still big hits at the box office.

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The Deadman Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,170	‘I Am Legend’: Michael B. Jordan To Join Will Smith in Sequel Movie https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/...-sequel-movie/ It’s been over a decade since Will Smith‘s 2007 hit I Am Legend toppled the global box office. Warner Bros. is finally upping the stakes on the property with a new sequel in development. Per Deadline, Smith is returning for the next chapter as star and producer. He’ll be joined on screen by Black Panther‘s Michael B. Jordan, who will also produce. Oscar winner and producer Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Richard Matheson 1954 novel, is also returning to write the follow-up. Plot details at this time remain under lock and key. The 2007 film saw Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville “Wander alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Neville knows he is badly outnumbered, and the odds are against him, and all the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.” Considering how I Am Legend concluded Neville’s story, it’ll be interesting to see how they approach his return. __________________ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Dead2009/ Backloggd: https://backloggd.com/u/Dead2009/ Dropkickd: https://www.dropkickd.com/user/Dead2009

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Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,560	My exposure to this was limited to both versions of the Smith version long ago, and more recently the Charlton Heston "Omega Man" a little more recently. Never read the book I don't know. The Smith movie was a little overrated but fairly entertaining. I'm not sure I really loved either version of the ending, but I enjoyed the "ride" as it were until that point. If they want to do a Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan team up thing for a sequel a bunch of years later, I say let them. I'd give it a watch. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

03-04-2022, 11:45 PM	#5
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	So not only movie missed the point of original story, its also has a sequel which is not necessary. Typical Hollyshit.