I Am Legend 2

[Pounder]

sequel is coming

https://deadline.com/2022/03/i-am-le...ie-1234971302/

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. is really upping the stakes to its I Am Legend franchise to a stratospheric level and bringing back for the next chapter, not just original star Will Smith, but he’ll be joined by Black Panther actor Michael B. Jordan in what will rep the duo’s first big movie together as stars and producers. Talk about two big stars getting together, between Smith and Jordan combined, their movies have grossed a massive $12.3 billion at the box office.

Plot details, of course, are being kept under wraps.

[Poya]

This only makes sense if it's a prequel or the alternate ending is canon.

[Cremildo]

Is Francis Lawrence busy at the moment? I wouldn't mind him returning to direct it.

[CreasyBear]

[GarynDakari]

Originally Posted by Poya

This only makes sense if it's a prequel or the alternate ending is canon.

If the latter is the case, I wonder if they'll release a "Special Edition" with the alternate cut worked in.

Otherwise it's bizarre choice, to hope that viewers A, own the movie and didn't just see it in theaters, and B, took the time to open special features to see the real ending.

Or, who knows, maybe the sequel opens with a scene recapping and being like "So you thought it happened like this, but actually it happened like this."

[unberechenbar]

Definitely didn't expect this.

[kylor]

Mildly interested. I'll keep it on my radar.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by GarynDakari

If the latter is the case, I wonder if they'll release a "Special Edition" with the alternate cut worked in.

Otherwise it's bizarre choice, to hope that viewers A, own the movie and didn't just see it in theaters, and B, took the time to open special features to see the real ending.

Or, who knows, maybe the sequel opens with a scene recapping and being like "So you thought it happened like this, but actually it happened like this."

It's been so long, and the original isn't really a film people still talk about, that they can just do whatever and it'll be fine. They'll just re release the special edition version with that edit and just go from there. People won't be chomping at the but to uphold the original theatrical cut as some masterpiece that can't be tampered with.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by GarynDakari

If the latter is the case, I wonder if they'll release a "Special Edition" with the alternate cut worked in.

Presumably you mean theatrically? Because the blu-ray already has both cuts on it.


As for a sequel, A) Did it really need one? & B) 15 years later, was anyone exactly clamoring for one? Aside from the imagination-free execs at WB?

[AKORIS]

Maybe they could take a cut in their salaries to hire somebody that can do good CGI effects this time….

[-JKR-]

I, quite frankly, would have preferred a new reimaging of the original novel. Something more visceral and true to its core.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

Maybe they could take a cut in their salaries to hire somebody that can do good CGI effects this time….

Indeed. Having seen some of the original actors-with-prosthetics creature footage, it's always been inexplicable to me why they felt the need to replace them with rubbish CGI monsters.

Like the man once said, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should...'

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Is Francis Lawrence busy at the moment? I wouldn't mind him returning to direct it.

I don't think so. Last thing he did was Red Sparrow back in 2018.

Edit: Seems he has a Netflix movies out this year.

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by -JKR-

I, quite frankly, would have preferred a new reimaging of the original novel. Something more visceral and true to its core.

Oh, man. Wouldn't that be something? It's my absolute favorite dystopian novel, and nothing would make me happier than a more faithful adaptation of the source material. Unfortunately, it would have to be a slow burn of a movie, and the studio is not going to go for something like that. Still, a person can dream.

[Cremildo]

^ We almost got it in the 90s with Ridley Scott and Arnie.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

^ We almost got it in the 90s with Ridley Scott and Arnie.

There's a YouTube video talking about it.

[ace112096]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Edit: Seems he has a Netflix movies out this year.

yep Slumberland (an adaptation of Little Nemo in Slumberland) with Jason Momoa but he is also attached to return to do The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the Hunger Games prequel)

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by ace112096

yep Slumberland (an adaptation of Little Nemo in Slumberland) with Jason Momoa but he is also attached to return to do The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the Hunger Games prequel)

Ah, okay. Didn't know if he was returning or not.

[karsten]

I like the original.

But I don't want a sequel.

[GeneD5]

Originally Posted by karsten

I like the original.

But I don't want a sequel.

Loved the original, love Will Smith, pumped for a sequel!