Tag: I Am Legend
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‘You’re Next’s Alternate Ending Is Way Darker Than What We Got
Watching an alternate ending to a movie is like taking a peek at a parallel dimension, looking at the different directions, whether vast or small, the plot of a movie could go. Most importantly, it shows the audience how important the right ending is to a movie. While fittingly absurdist and juvenile, a pie fight…
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‘I Am Legend’s Alternate Ending Would Have Made It a Better Movie
Remember when post-apocalyptic action movies were all the rage? There’s just something thrilling about watching a lone protagonist take on the end of the world, especially from the comfort of our own homes. One such action thriller was the 2007 feature I Am Legend, which starred none other than Will Smith as Dr. Robert Neville,…
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How I Am Legend 2 Will Ignore The First Movie’s Ending
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.…
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Warner Bros. Working On ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel Starring Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan Which Will Ignore The Original Theatrical Ending
It’s been more than 15 years since the release of Will Smith’s film, “I Am Legend.” And in that time, there have been plenty of discussions about a sequel. However, nothing has come to be. Well, until now, as it appears Warner Bros. is currently developing a new sequel to the original film, a sequel…
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Sci-Fi Movies That Accurately Predicted The Future
Part of the fun of the science fiction genre is the way that some stories try to see the future. Sci-fi novelists have been hitting close to home since H.G.Wells predicted wireless communication, or when Stanislaw Lem imagined today’s e-readers. Our favorite movies sometimes have a window to the future, too. A story is rarely…
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Warner Bros. Prevails as Village Roadshow Fight Goes to Arbitration
Warner Bros. won a significant victory Friday in its legal battle with its longtime financing partner, Village Roadshow, as a judge agreed to send the dispute to arbitration.Village Roadshow has teamed with the studio on numerous blockbusters over the last 25 years, including “Joker,” the “Ocean’s” series, and “American Sniper.” But the relationship foundered when…
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Year Of The Vampire: The Last Man On Earth Was The Vampire Gateway To The Zombie Apocalypse
(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)”The Last Man on Earth,” the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s watershed 1954 vampire novel, “I Am Legend,” has the feel of a midnight movie, something…
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You May Recognize The Monsters From I Am Legend Without The Make-Up
In “I Am Legend,” Will Smith stars as the brilliant scientist Robert Neville, the lone survivor of a man-made plague that has turned all of humanity into bloodthirsty mutants. Neville spends his days wandering through a desolate New York City in the hopes of finding survivors and trying to develop a cure using his own…
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What The I Am Legend Monsters Originally Looked Like
“I Am Legend” made a killing at the box office upon its release in 2007, pulling in nearly $600 million with its loose adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel. The story, ostensibly of a virologist navigating the world after a pandemic has turned most of humanity into a race of blood-feasting mutants, is less about…
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Michael B. Jordan’s Pitch Helped Convince Will Smith to Do ‘I Am Legend 2’: It’s a ‘Really Cool’ Concept
Nothing happened the way it was supposed to happen, especially when it came to the “I Am Legend” sequel.A decade after Will Smith shut down rumors of a second installment, the Oscar nominee officially signed on to “I Am Legend 2” — thanks to co-star Michael B. Jordan’s story concept.“It was one of those ones…