The I Am Legend sequel will characteristic a time-jump, in addition to re-writing the primary movie’s authentic ending.
The movie’s producer and author, Akiva Goldsmith, made the revelation throughout a current dialog with Deadline. He defined that The Last Of Us had been an enormous inspiration for his plans when it got here to the movie.
“This will start a few decades later than the first,” Goldsman mentioned. “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 something beautiful in the question of, as man steps away from being the primary tenant, what happens? That will be especially visual in New York. I don’t know if they’ll climb up to the Empire State Building, but the possibilities are endless.”
He additionally famous that the sequel will truly differ to the unique characteristic movie minimize of the movie, including that it’ll persist with the alternate ending that was launched in a while for the movie.
In that ending, Smith’s character truly survives after managing to fend off a ultimate assault from the contaminated.
“We trace back to the original Matheson book, and the alternate ending as opposed to the released ending in the original film,” Goldsman defined.
“What Matheson was talking about was that man’s time on the planet as the dominant species had come to an end. That’s a really interesting thing we’re going to get to explore. There will be a little more fidelity to the original text.”
At this level little else is thought in regards to the movie. However, it has been confirmed that Will Smith will make a return within the position of Dr. Robert Neville. Alongside Smith, Michael B. Jordan may also star within the movie.