Nov 25 2008 'I Am Legend' Sequel News Confusing
AICN is reporting that Warner Brothers may have changed plans for an I Am Legend prequel into plans for an I Am Legend sequel, which is odd because Will Smith the Scientist grenades himself at the end of movie. According to the tipster:
Smith is actually the one who developed the initial story. It took place several years before the original film and there were still pockets of survivors and the story centered around Smith interacting, bonding, and ultimately failing to save them. For months this was the story. Warner's didn't much care for it and Smith and Weiss eventually came on board and all parties agreed to change things up. Well this change is pretty insane, the film is no longer a prequel, it's a fucking sequel!
I'm anticipating it begins with Will Smith darting up from his bed, panicked.
"Phew, it was all a dream..."
Camera slowly pans over, revealing a vampire thing in bed beside him.
"Alright, 'Legend', can you keep it down? Some of us are nocturnal."
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Then voice-over explains how only the part where he blew himself up was a dream, the rest really did happen, and that his son Jaden is there now for no particular reason.
Sep 26 2008 Soon You Will Learn Exactly How Will Smith Became 'Legend'
Warner Bros. has decided they'd like to add a second film to the I Am Legend catalog, and, after someone explained that Will Smith dies at the end of the last one (spoiler!), they've decided it will be a prequel. From Variety:
The plan is for Smith to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville, with Francis Lawrence returning to direct. Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road banner will produce with James Lassiter, Smith’s partner in Overbrook Entertainment.The studio has set D.B. Weiss to write a script that is based on a detailed outline that was hatched over the past few months by Smith, Goldsman, Lassiter and Lawrence.
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.
If the prequel does well, will there be a third film, where we go further back, to an even less relevant time and story? Because I'm hoping we can keep going back, eventually building a bridge from I Am Legend to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where the entire plague was in some way caused by the Carlton Dance.
Mar 5 2008 'I Am Legend' Alternate Ending Online
The DVD doesn't arrive in stores until March 18, but you can enjoy(?) the original, alternate ending to I Am Legend this very minute, below the cut. Spoiler alert: it turns out Will Smith is not, in fact, legend.
Jan 7 2008 Weekend Box Office: 'National Treasure' Again?
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - $20.2 million more to the best Nicolas Cage movie since his last piece of shit.
2. I Am Legend - Yeah, I know you're legend, Will Smith. Have another $16.3 million and shut up about it.
3. Juno - Wait, it made $16.2 million and beat Alvin and the Chipmunks? It's almost as if good taste and logic have persevered over an irrational love for creepy singing chipmunks.
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $16 million, because there's still an irrational love for creepy singing chipmunks.
5. One Missed Call - Being the only new release, and playing off the nation's collective phobia of possibly missing a single call, helped it bring in $13.5 million.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Jan 2 2008 'National Treasure' Wins Another Weekend, Somehow
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Like Indiana Jones, but with a more ludicrous MacGuffin than even the Holy Grail; $35.6 million.
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks - "How about that chipmunk one, where the chipmunks are all really creepy and obnoxious? Let's see that one." Enough people said this that it accumulated $29.1 million over the weekend.
3. I Am Legend - Made $27.3 million despite recent rumors that Will Smith is Hitler.
4. Charlie Wilson's War - If I understand correctly, Charlie Wilson is to war as Merv Griffin is to Crosswords, though I don't know what that actually means; $12 million.
5. Juno - The most talked-about teen pregnancy film since the bizarre one you had to watch in 8th grade sex ed. made $10.6 million.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Dec 26 2007 'National Treasure' Wins Christmas Weekend Box Office
UPDATE 2: Now shows proper numbers and standings!
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - With a holiday haul of $65.4 million, Jerry Bruckheimer is probably already working on National Treasure: The Search for Uncle Sam's Tomb.
2. I Am Legend - Like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, another $47.7 million proves Will Smith can support an entire film with his star power and skilled acting. Provided that he also has hundreds of CGI somethings to fight.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $38.6 million, or enough to buy Alvin over 20 million hula hoops.
4. Charlie Wilson's War - Why wouldn't this war-themed comedic drama take in $15.9 million? With Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in lead roles, this is the hottest cast of seven years ago.
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - $13.6 million is the biggest opening ever for a film with an enema in the title.
6. P.S. I Love You - Against some huge holiday competition, P.S. still managed to scrap up $10 million over the extended weekend. Expect a popularity surge in post-mortem event planning.
UPDATE: I'm now seeing some discrepancy in this list, considering Alvin and the Chipmunks reportedly made almost $30 million over the three-day weekend alone. I'll see what I can figure out about this.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Dec 17 2007 'I Am Legend' Wins Weekend, 'Alvin' Does Far Too Well
1. I Am Legend - A massive budget, computer effects, and the Fresh Prince are always a surefire hit, bringing in $76.5 million. Now if someone could only explain why.
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks - With a $45 million weekend, it's finally the definitive proof that there is no God. Or if there is, he loves shit-eating jokes, which might be worse.
3. The Golden Compass - This weekend, America made an important choice: talking polar bears or talking chipmunks? In short, the polar bears lost, making only $9 million, and immediately blew it all on fish.
4. Enchanted - Seriously, this is still making $6 million a weekend? How many talking animal movies is it going to take to knock this out of the top five?
5. No Country for Old Men - If you know how good the Coen Brothers' latest is, it will infuriate you to know that, with $3 million, it made 15 times less than Jason Lee's computer-animated castration.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Oct 24 2007 'I Am Legend' Trailer: A Day in the Life of Will Smith, Vampire Hunter
Will Smith has a long history of successfully defending earth and himself from aliens, robots, criminals, and Carlton, surely earning himself a statue and memorial highway in the near future. But what threat will this quippy one-man army face-off against next?
Vampires, of course.
In I Am Legend, Smith finds himself to be the only living human in a New York City overrun by vampires. This new trailer takes you through his typical day, which I've graciously summarized for you, in case you want to make your day a vampire-hunting Will Smith day.
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Oct 11 2007 AM Poster Post: 'I Am Legend', 'I' Being Will Smith
Will Smith is the last man on earth, but he's not alone. Why? Because there are also vampires, which aren't officially considered men. And there's this dog. And Jazzy Jeff is still around, living on Smith's couch, but he's also not technically human.
The New I Am Legend Poster [ComingSoon]
Oct 3 2007 Will Smith is Legend, Scientist
Kino has some new shots from the new unstoppable virus plague movie I Am Legend, but I assure you none of them are as hilarious as Will Smith trying his hardest to look both bad-ass and scientific.
"Damn, I gotta get me one a'these [virus analysis scientific computers]! And I'm wearing a watch on each wrist for some reason."
I Am Legend Images [Kino]
