

Goldsmith described how I Am Legend will connect to the first film by following the original's alternate ending, in which Smith's Neville survived instead of dying. I don’t know if they’ll climb up to the empire state building, but the possibilities are endless.”

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’m obsessed with The Last of Us, where we see the world just post-apocalypse but also after a 20-30-year lapse. “This will start a few decades later than the first,” he said. Goldsmith outlined how the sequel will approach the original story. Banking on the original film's success and $585 million worldwide gross, I Am Legend 2 will star Smith and Michael B. RELATED: I Am Legend Director Provides Update on the Will Smith Sequelĭeadline reports producer Goldsman is leading the project as part of the return of his Weed Road outfit to Warner Bros., where he will be tackling the I Am Legend sequel along with other projects.

Robert Neville (Smith) fights to find an antidote and survive in the ruins of New York City under attack from horrific creatures and remaining humans. When the treatment for cancer morphs into a terrifying virus that kills off humanity and leaves what remains as night-dwelling mutants, Dr. I Am Legend, adapted from a 1954 novel by Richard Matheson, starred Smith as a sole survivor of an apocalypse he helped create as a virologist working for the military. Goldsmith said the Will Smith sequel takes some inspiration from The Last of Us. producer Akiva Goldsmith recently gave some more hints on what to expect from the much-awaited sequel to the 2007 post-apocalyptic thriller I Am Legend.
