Akiva Goldsman is behind some pretty well-loved scripts, including “Practical Magic,” “A Beautiful Mind,” and the post-apocalypse flick, “I Am Legend.” The 2007 adaptation of Richard Matheson’s famous book of the same name was a massive success, taking in over $585 million worldwide at the box office.
Goldsman inked a first-look deal with Warner Bros.
and announced a handful of new projects to celebrate.
One of those films is a sequel to “I Am Legend,” with Michael B.
Jordan joining Will Smith in the leading roles. The first film takes place after a plague destroys all of humanity, turning folks that somehow survive into Darkseekers, vampiric, cannibalistic mutants that must avoid sunlight.
Smith plays U.S.
Army virologist Dr.
Robert Neville, who lives an isolated life in a deserted Manhattan with his beloved German Shepard, Sam.
Neville believes to be the only human left alive and spends most of his time desperately
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