Sep 25, 2008 by Courtney O.

Warner Bros. to Make I Am Legend Prequel

Warner Bros. is developing a prequel to the Will Smith toplined I Am Legend.

According to Variety, the plan is for Smith to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville, with Francis Lawrence returning to direct.

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. 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.

Making a prequel was the only way to extend a franchise that grossed $584 million worldwide for Warner Bros. and keep Smith in the lead role. His character was killed in the first film, after extracting a potential cure for the virus for the scattered survivors.

No production date has been set.

I Am Legend 2 was released in 2011.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (62)

  1. Radimus-83

    who thought they were anything but a vampire? hahaha

    it was even advertised and reviewed as a vampire type movie before it's release. i know this cause i read all about it.

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  2. Vamp

    I agree with Phat. If you couldn't tell that they were Vampires, or at least a new breed of Vampires, then you're a rather daft person, aren't you?

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  3. Solar XI

    SS4VEGETA, shut up. That is the dumb, you know why? IT'S F*CKIN CALLED AN ALTERNATE ENDING!!! JACKASS! It wasn't in theaters, you could only see it if you bought the DVD. You can't make a sequel to something many people didn't see. A sequel is retarded first you see him blow up, then next he is working on the cure AGAIN!!!

    3 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  4. Radimus-83

    then you clealy are dumb, it explained everything very well in the flashbacks Smith had.

    this is actually a good idea, there is massive potential to make a great big action movie. although, we have sorta seen the viral outbreak thing before. but only this yime, we got the Fresh Prince!

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  5. MovieCritique00

    I would love to see a prequal to the movie, because i didn't even understand the whole concept of the man-made virus thing. None of it made sense to me.

    3 years agoby @moviecritique00Flag

  6. SS4VEGETA

    People sorry.LOL

    3 years agoby @ss4vegetaFlag

  7. SS4VEGETA

    They changed to de-evolved prople which made more sense.

    3 years agoby @ss4vegetaFlag

  8. SS4VEGETA

    Yes, and instead of a prequel how bout a sequel. If evrybody saw the alternate ending he didnt die wich means hi still has time to perfect his antidote.

    3 years agoby @ss4vegetaFlag

  9. Solar XI

    Fountain, they showed enough flashbacks in "I Am Legend" to know what caused it. As I said before show the audience the people in the origin before becoming the Alpha Male and Alpha Female, and the transformation. And if Robert Neville thought this would happen in the year 2009, it would be a good release for next year but im pushing it. As long as Francis Lawrence and WIll Smith come back, I will definitely see this. "I Am Legend" is classic to me. In my opinion its a one movie thing and it should stay that way, but people can't leave it alone. In that case "Hellblazer", the sequel to "Constantine"...

    3 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  10. Structure (ONSTRA)

    yep yep, I like that, you go and do it warner bros, you go and do it + who didn't like this movie, and who is able to forget it, apperently not me, because it is stuck in my head that it is supposed to be one of the favorites on my profile even though it's not.
    + I am one of the people that would like to know what happened at first, so yeah a prequel would be incredible.

    3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag

  11. Err

    bam!

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  12. Phatlightning

    they were SUPPOSED to be vampires.. zombies is a long way off, didn't you notice they couldn't come out in the sunlight? anyone??

    3 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  13. slysnide

    "$584 million worldwide"? They own the whole franchise?

    3 years agoby @slysnideFlag

  14. JR

    who cares if your sick wet dreams of getting f*cked by shia are coming true you f*cking homo!

    3 years agoby @jokerrules33Flag

  15. The Narrator: The Better Man

    No. This is lame. I mean, that would ruin everything. They had enough flashbacks in I am Legend, and it was great!! There is barely any room for improvement, and we know everyone dies, and such. There could be other survivor stories, but I don't see this making it.
    -- Damn you Hollywood!!

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  16. Solar XI

    This sounds like a direct dvd thing. I Am Legend was a great movie, I dont think Will Smith could have done better. A prequel will only do well if released theatrically and Will Smith and Francis lAwrence definitely come back. The flashback thing wasn't a smart move to do a prequel. If they get in to the whole reason why the experiment turned deadly would be great. Then show the Alpha Male (Dash Mihok) was originally and The Alpha Female... Then show Robert's reaction when his wife and daughter died, then the film ends where "I AM Legend" takes place when he is chasing deer.

    3 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  17. Shadow Of The Day

    OK.

    3 years agoby @asifFlag

  18. JR

    i think they were mad pepole..lol

    3 years agoby @jokerrules33Flag

  19. brew1701

    see what they should have done was not show or limit the flash backs they showed alot se we get the jist of it no mystery as too how it happened. so it makes me not care for it as much, only good part is that will smith is gonna be in it which im surprised by

    3 years agoby @brew1701Flag

  20. TWILIGHT

    jr i agree

    3 years agoby @pirates-rockFlag

  21. Punishment 2012

    what were they???

    3 years agoby @dizoyleFlag

  22. Phatlightning

    god damn people for thinking those "things" were zombies.. see what you've done Warner Bros.

    3 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  23. Nyfresh

    sorry TXCANY that really wasnt a smart comment

    3 years agoby @leo16Flag

  24. Nyfresh

    sakai23 very good point

    3 years agoby @leo16Flag

  25. Nyfresh

    Okay most of u guys make a pretty good point. The movie was a good no doubt about that and imo a prequel really isnt needed BUT it wouldnt be a bad idea.

    3 years agoby @leo16Flag

  26. Space101

    A prequel wouldn't be bad too see.

    TXCANY, just because we didn't see the zombies befor the end of the movie doesn't mean they weren't around befor. Neville still had to manage to get away from everything and survive.

    3 years agoby @space101Flag

  27. TXCANY

    "This is going to be brilliant" ??? The cure to cancer would be brilliant. :) How exciting could a prequel possibly be when the zombies don't even appear until after the virus is released. So what are we going to see? Where the animals came from? Studios are so stupid.

    3 years agoby @txcanyFlag

  28. The Doctor

    This is going to be brilliant.

    3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  29. Psycho

    A prequel would be awesome. I Am Legend was awesome even though it was not like the book but still great.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  30. Psycho

    A prequel would be awesome. I Am Legend was awesome even though it was not like the book but still great.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

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