I Am Legend Reboot

[Walts Ghost]

Warner Bros. Developing I AM LEGEND Reboot from Spec Script Described as “Sci-Fi Version of THE SEARCHERS”

Warner Bros. has long been keen to make another I Am Legend movie, but it proved a tough nut to crack and Will Smith is reluctant to return to the franchise. The studio may have found a way around all that. Deadline reports that WB will retrofit the spec script A Garden at the End of the World, written by Gary Graham, into an I Am Legend reboot. Graham worked at the Apple store when he submitted his script, described as a “sci-fi version of The Searchers,” to the Black List website. Warner Bros. took notice and saw enough similarities that they recruited Graham to rewrite A Garden at the End of the World to fit the I Am Legend universe.

It is not specified how Graham’s new script will link to I Am Legend or when in relation to the apocalypse the new film is set, but there are no plans to bring Smith back. Original I Am Legend producers Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, and Joby Harold will return to produce the I Am Legend reboot alongside Roy Lee (Oldboy) and Brooklyn Weaver (Out of the Furnace). Revisit the original I Am Legend trailer after the jump.

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[doctorD]

I guess I'll have to wait until we get more news and actors, but I'm not liking the reboot news at this moment.

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[octagon]

"...but there are no plans to bring Smith back."

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[Packerfan75]

Considering I Am Legend is basically an updated Omega Man, I don't see another reboot as a problem. I Am Legend didn't really work for me anyways. Maybe a new perspective will do some good.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Considering I Am Legend is basically an updated Omega Man, I don't see another reboot as a problem. I Am Legend didn't really work for me anyways. Maybe a new perspective will do some good.

Yeah, I have no problem with either a straight remake (I love the book, it's a great story) or some sort of spinoff story in the same reality.

Trying to do both though seems a bit...ambitious and this sounds like they're just trying to shoehorn some other similar story into the 'franchise'.

But who knows.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Considering I Am Legend is basically an updated Omega Man, I don't see another reboot as a problem. I Am Legend didn't really work for me anyways. Maybe a new perspective will do some good.

Sure, except both movies, and The Last Man On Earth are all adapted from the same novel. How many freaking adaptations does this book need? I say it's been done to death already, and unless they want to make it more faithful than the three other films, why bother?

As it is, the reboot sounds far less like Matheson's I Am Legend and more like hodgepodge of other scripts (including 2007's I Am Legend). It's just sounds like something irrelevant, or a pointless cash grab.

[Cabby]

Let me guess, starring Chris Pratt.

[JavaJulien]

I Am Legend is hardly a franchise so calling it a reboot is strange. Has "remake" really developed that much of a negative connotation?

Guess I'll chime in too, I actually liked the 2007 remake, at least with the actual intended ending.

[LynxFX]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

I Am Legend is hardly a franchise so calling it a reboot is strange. Has "remake" really developed that much of a negative connotation?

Guess I'll chime in too, I actually liked the 2007 remake, at least with the actual intended ending.

I was thinking the same thing. Have we just stopped saying remake and replaced it with reboot?

I also liked the 2007 version.

[Lehnhart]

I really liked the 2007 version. I like Will Smith. So I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I'll wait until I hear some more news.

[Mystic]

Richard Matheson must be spinning in his grave over the news.

[Scottie]

If they reboot it without Will Smith and improve on the CGI, consider me in.