Writer Akiva Goldsman is watching The Last of Us on HBO and taking notes for the upcoming sequel to I Am Legend.
Weeks after its premiere on HBO, The Last of Us has been garnering hundreds of thousands of followers, and amongst them could be screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. As somebody who’s no stranger to delving into post-apocalyptic worlds, Goldsman had notably co-written the screenplay to 2007’s I Am Legend. He might be again to pen the previously-announced sequel, I Am Legend 2, with Francis Lawrence additionally set to return to the director’s chair.
In a brand new interview with Deadline, Goldsman touched on how issues are going with I Am Legend 2. The screenwriter is not sharing any particular particulars, comparable to how Michael B. Jordan might be introduced into the story to co-star with returning star Will Smith, however he does verify that the sequel follows the alternate ending to the unique film. Goldsman additionally says he is been watching The Last of Us to take inspiration for fleshing out the post-apocalyptic world that might be additional explored in I Am Legend 2. This is partly as a result of the sequel goes a lot additional into this world, which might make it look extra like one thing seen in The Last of Us.
“This will begin just a few a long time later than the primary. I’m obsessive about The Last of Us, the place we see the world simply post-apocalypse but in addition after a 20-30-year lapse. You see how the earth reclaims the world, and there’s one thing stunning within the query of, as man steps away from being the first tenant, what occurs? That might be particularly visible in New York. I don’t know in the event that they’ll climb as much as the Empire State Building, however the potentialities are infinite.”
Goldsman additionally teases how extra inspiration for the sequel comes straight from the unique I Am Legend e-book by Richard Matheson.
“We hint again to the unique Matheson e-book, and the alternate ending versus the launched ending within the unique movie. What Matheson was speaking about was that man’s time on the planet because the dominant species had come to an finish. That’s a extremely fascinating factor we’re going to get to discover. There might be somewhat extra constancy to the unique textual content.”
Akiva Goldsman Isn’t the Only One Enjoying The Last of Us
The Last of Us has been an instantaneous hit for HBO. In addition to garnering excessive viewership on HBO, the present has been successful on streaming with HBO Max. Recently launched Nielsen numbers have revealed that the present logged 223 million minutes streamed by U.S. subscribers throughout the first three hours of the collection premiere’s launch. Additionally, the present has pulled in widespread reward from viewers and critics, and it wasn’t a shock when it was introduced that The Last of Us had been renewed for a second season.
You can stream The Last of Us on HBO Max. New episodes are launched each Sunday.