For years, Warner Bros. has been exhausting itself trying to come up with ways to make a sequel to its 2007 hit I Am Legend, despite the unwillingness of star Will Smith to return for a follow-up. Now, it appears that the studio has finally found a way to turn the post-apocalyptic tale into a new franchise – thanks to a spec script written by a former Apple employee.
Gary Graham wrote A Garden At The End Of The World, described as a “sci-fi version of The Searchers,” while working at an Apple store in midtown Manhattan. After he posted the spec script on the Black List website, CAA and manager Brooklyn Weaver came across it and promptly signed him, sending the script around Hollywood.
Now, Warner Bros. will reportedly retrofit the script into an I Am Legend follow-up. Graham has been tapped to do rewrites in order to connect his original idea to the previous film,...
Gary Graham wrote A Garden At The End Of The World, described as a “sci-fi version of The Searchers,” while working at an Apple store in midtown Manhattan. After he posted the spec script on the Black List website, CAA and manager Brooklyn Weaver came across it and promptly signed him, sending the script around Hollywood.
Now, Warner Bros. will reportedly retrofit the script into an I Am Legend follow-up. Graham has been tapped to do rewrites in order to connect his original idea to the previous film,...
- 10/2/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Warner Bros has given up trying to make a sequel or prequel to the Will Smith-headlined I Am Legend. It's going for a reboot instead.
This story contains - or implies at least - a spoiler for I Am Legend.
It's been just six years since the Will Smith-headlined take on I Am Legend proved to be a monster hit in cinemas. Since then, Warner Bros has been dabbled with how to make a sequel to the film which, er, isn't narratively the easiest thing to do given what happens in the first movie. At one stage it was going down the prequel route, but it couldn't find a way to make it work.
So it's hatched a new plan: it's going for a reboot. Hurray.
A new take on I Am Legend is being put together, using as its basis a screenplay for a film that was...
This story contains - or implies at least - a spoiler for I Am Legend.
It's been just six years since the Will Smith-headlined take on I Am Legend proved to be a monster hit in cinemas. Since then, Warner Bros has been dabbled with how to make a sequel to the film which, er, isn't narratively the easiest thing to do given what happens in the first movie. At one stage it was going down the prequel route, but it couldn't find a way to make it work.
So it's hatched a new plan: it's going for a reboot. Hurray.
A new take on I Am Legend is being put together, using as its basis a screenplay for a film that was...
- 10/2/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Shall we play another game? Not that we have much of a choice – MGM is moving full steam ahead with a remake of the 1983 cult classic WarGames.
Dean Israelite, who made his feature directorial debut on next January’s anticipated sci-fi Project Almanac, is in final negotiations to helm the film for MGM. He’s been the top contender for a few months, ever since Seth Gordons stepped away from the project. Additionally, we’ve learned that The Fault in Our Stars and Mud breakouts Ansel Elgort and Tye Sheridan (respectively) are currently atop MGM’s shortlist to lead the movie.
Both actors are highly in demand at the moment. Elgort is currently filming Divergent sequel Insurgent for Summit Entertainment, and he also recently locked down the starring role in Cold War-set biopic Van Cliburn. And for his part, Sheridan has upcoming films Grass Stains, Dark Places, The Forger and...
Dean Israelite, who made his feature directorial debut on next January’s anticipated sci-fi Project Almanac, is in final negotiations to helm the film for MGM. He’s been the top contender for a few months, ever since Seth Gordons stepped away from the project. Additionally, we’ve learned that The Fault in Our Stars and Mud breakouts Ansel Elgort and Tye Sheridan (respectively) are currently atop MGM’s shortlist to lead the movie.
Both actors are highly in demand at the moment. Elgort is currently filming Divergent sequel Insurgent for Summit Entertainment, and he also recently locked down the starring role in Cold War-set biopic Van Cliburn. And for his part, Sheridan has upcoming films Grass Stains, Dark Places, The Forger and...
- 6/25/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Back in 2007, I Am Legend – starring Will Smith – proved to be a huge hit after grossing over $585 million worldwide. That success obviously led to talk of a sequel, but for whatever reason, it just never happened (despite numerous reports to the contrary).
Co-writer and producer Akiva Goldsman recently sat down with io9 to talk about his upcoming adaptation of Mark Helprin’s 1983 novel, Winter’s Tale, and the subject of a follow-up to I Am Legend quickly came up. After quite clearly stating that there was “never” talk of an I Am Legend 2, he added:
“Oh no no, [there was] never a movie. I mean, we wrote a prequel [and] a sequel. We had a really interesting prequel, which was the first outbreak of the virus, during a Thanksgiving Day parade, which was awesome.
We did a really interesting prequel that [took place] later. Which was right after the first… really right when the...
Co-writer and producer Akiva Goldsman recently sat down with io9 to talk about his upcoming adaptation of Mark Helprin’s 1983 novel, Winter’s Tale, and the subject of a follow-up to I Am Legend quickly came up. After quite clearly stating that there was “never” talk of an I Am Legend 2, he added:
“Oh no no, [there was] never a movie. I mean, we wrote a prequel [and] a sequel. We had a really interesting prequel, which was the first outbreak of the virus, during a Thanksgiving Day parade, which was awesome.
We did a really interesting prequel that [took place] later. Which was right after the first… really right when the...
- 2/13/2014
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While promoting his upcoming "Winter's Tale" film, Akiva Goldsman spoke about the sequel to Will Smith's "I Am Legend" that never actually happened despite the fact that the first movie grossed almost $600 million at the box office. So why didn't we get a sequel? "Oh we tried," he said. "There were scripts. We really tried. We wrote a prequel [and] a sequel. We had a really interesting prequel, which was the first outbreak of the virus, during a Thanksgiving Day parade, which was awesome. We did [another] really interesting prequel that [took place] later, which was right after the first [outbreak]. Right when the population of humans became pretty decimated. And it was this sort of trek to Washington. Which included a dark seeker elephant that had broken out of the zoo." It was a year after "I Am Legend" hit theaters that Smith started talking about a prequel being in the works, teasing that his dog would return,...
- 2/13/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Akiva Goldsman, out stumping for his feature directing debut Winter’s Tale, chatted with iO9 about the I Am Legend sequel that never came to be. The writer and producer spoke rather openly about the project, which Hollywood seemed desperate to get Will Smith back for- despite his character’s fate in the original film. But it seems that this one went the way of Independence Day 2, with Smith refusing to take part in any planned follow-ups. Without Smith, there could be no I Am Legend 2, so Goldsman talked a bit about what might have been:
“I mean, we wrote a prequel [and] a sequel. We had a really interesting prequel, which was the first outbreak of the virus, during a Thanksgiving Day parade, which was awesome. We did a really interesting prequel that [took place] later. Which was right after the first… really right when the population of of humans became pretty decimated.
“I mean, we wrote a prequel [and] a sequel. We had a really interesting prequel, which was the first outbreak of the virus, during a Thanksgiving Day parade, which was awesome. We did a really interesting prequel that [took place] later. Which was right after the first… really right when the population of of humans became pretty decimated.
- 2/12/2014
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
"Independence Day" is finally getting the sequel fans have awaited for nearly two decades, but its biggest star won't be coming along for the ride.
Will Smith, whose role in the 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster helped propel him to megastardom, will not be appearing in "Independence Day 2," director Roland Emmerich told the New York Daily News on Saturday. "He's too expensive," Emmerich lamented.
That admission comes hot on the heels of Thursday's announcement that 20th Century Fox would be bringing the highly anticipated sequel to big screens on July 3, 2015. The news capped more than a decade of speculation about the long-gestating sequel, but it was not immediately clear whether or not Smith would be involved. That uncertainty wouldn't last long.
"Will Smith can not come back because he's too expensive," Emmerich told the Daily News, "but he'd also be too much of a marquee name."
"It would be too much," he said.
Will Smith, whose role in the 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster helped propel him to megastardom, will not be appearing in "Independence Day 2," director Roland Emmerich told the New York Daily News on Saturday. "He's too expensive," Emmerich lamented.
That admission comes hot on the heels of Thursday's announcement that 20th Century Fox would be bringing the highly anticipated sequel to big screens on July 3, 2015. The news capped more than a decade of speculation about the long-gestating sequel, but it was not immediately clear whether or not Smith would be involved. That uncertainty wouldn't last long.
"Will Smith can not come back because he's too expensive," Emmerich told the Daily News, "but he'd also be too much of a marquee name."
"It would be too much," he said.
- 6/23/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Kidman as Kelly: A sure thing for the 86th Academy Awards Best Actress roster? Could Nicole Kidman earn a Best Actress Academy Award nomination early next year for playing 1954 Oscar winner Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco? Is it to soon to start with Oscar 2014 predictions? Hardly. After all, bear in mind that The Weinstein Company has already bought the North American rights to the Olivier Dahan-directed Grace of Monaco, which, according to reports, will possibly be released some time around Christmas 2013. Also, let's not forget that Kidman has already received no less than three Academy Award nods in the last decade, winning the golden statuette a decade ago for Stephen Daldry's three-part drama The Hours. (Pictured above: Grace of Monaco's star Nicole Kidman as Hollywood star turned princess Grace Kelly. Please scroll down to check out another cool Kidman as Kelly photo below.) Oh, but wait a...
- 2/28/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Sequels, prequels, reboots and reduxes. The good, the bad, and the downright ugly of those being made… Some we still have no idea what they’re about, or if they will be made, but they are rumoured – chances are, [hopefully] they *won’t* be made.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey- December 14th, 2012
It’s not really a sequel, but rather a prequel which features the cast of The Lord of the Rings in an expanded version of the classic book.
A Good Day to Die Hard- February 14th, 2013
Rumored to be the final in the Die Hard series, Bruce Willis must fight Russian terrorists in Russia with his son.
Oz: The Great and Powerful- March 8th, 2013
This will actually be a prequel to the 1939 classic, depicting the story of how Oz came to be.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation- March 29th, 2013
Starring mostly everyone in the first movie, as...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey- December 14th, 2012
It’s not really a sequel, but rather a prequel which features the cast of The Lord of the Rings in an expanded version of the classic book.
A Good Day to Die Hard- February 14th, 2013
Rumored to be the final in the Die Hard series, Bruce Willis must fight Russian terrorists in Russia with his son.
Oz: The Great and Powerful- March 8th, 2013
This will actually be a prequel to the 1939 classic, depicting the story of how Oz came to be.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation- March 29th, 2013
Starring mostly everyone in the first movie, as...
- 12/7/2012
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Tough week? Too busy to catch up on everything in the world of entertainment? Here are 10 stories you likely missed including Will Smith's surprising comments on "I Am Legend 2," casting news for "American Horror Story" and "Smash," the continuing Drake vs. Chris Brown feud/fight/drama and former Disney star Ashley Tisdale gets a nice role on FX's "Sons of Anarchy." Oh, and much more.
- 6/16/2012
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
When asked about the in-development sequel I Am Legend 2, which he was reported to be a producer on, Will Smith recently clarified:
“Producers are working on it. I’m not actually working on it. If it’s great, I’m into it.”
So they’d better come up with a take that’s legend…wait for it…dary.
Come to think of it: Barney Stinson fighting vampires in a post-apocalyptic future? Sold. They should cast Neil Patrick Harris immediately. And Will Smith can be in it too.
And I Am Legend...Wait For It...Dary could include a song which goes "The nightmare's real / Doctor Le-gend-wait for it-dary is here / To make vampires quake in fear / So hail to the awesome..." You know, for the Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog fans who are still waiting on tenterhooks for Doctor Horrible 2. That is, basically all of them. What's a tenterhook?
Also,...
“Producers are working on it. I’m not actually working on it. If it’s great, I’m into it.”
So they’d better come up with a take that’s legend…wait for it…dary.
Come to think of it: Barney Stinson fighting vampires in a post-apocalyptic future? Sold. They should cast Neil Patrick Harris immediately. And Will Smith can be in it too.
And I Am Legend...Wait For It...Dary could include a song which goes "The nightmare's real / Doctor Le-gend-wait for it-dary is here / To make vampires quake in fear / So hail to the awesome..." You know, for the Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog fans who are still waiting on tenterhooks for Doctor Horrible 2. That is, basically all of them. What's a tenterhook?
Also,...
- 6/15/2012
- Shadowlocked
If you were expecting to see Will smith in Warner Bros.' in-development I Am Legend 2, well, don't hold your breath. The actor's interest in returning is tepid at best.
"Producers are working on it. I’m not actually. If it’s great, I’m into it,” Smith told the BBC. “I don’t want to be the sequel guy. I figure I’ve got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career. Butt and gut.”
Arash Amel is currently writing the script for the producers.
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"Producers are working on it. I’m not actually. If it’s great, I’m into it,” Smith told the BBC. “I don’t want to be the sequel guy. I figure I’ve got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career. Butt and gut.”
Arash Amel is currently writing the script for the producers.
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- 6/14/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
If IMDb is to be believed, the star of Men in Black 1, 2 and 3 has plans to make Hancock 2, Bad Boys 3 and I, Robot 2. Which films do you want to see Smith revisit?
It's never the most reliable of indicators but, if IMDb is to be believed, Will Smith is going to spend the next few years dwelling exclusively on well-trodden ground. After the success of Men in Black 3 – although that's a relative term, based on whether or not you believe "slightly better than Men in Black 2" to be a valid definition of success – the site would have you believe that Will Smith is only interested in making sequels from now on.
Apparently, after starring in the next M Night Shyamalan movie and a film about a magical horse, Will Smith will make Hancock 2. And then Bad Boys 3. And then, in 2015, I, Robot 2. Add to...
It's never the most reliable of indicators but, if IMDb is to be believed, Will Smith is going to spend the next few years dwelling exclusively on well-trodden ground. After the success of Men in Black 3 – although that's a relative term, based on whether or not you believe "slightly better than Men in Black 2" to be a valid definition of success – the site would have you believe that Will Smith is only interested in making sequels from now on.
Apparently, after starring in the next M Night Shyamalan movie and a film about a magical horse, Will Smith will make Hancock 2. And then Bad Boys 3. And then, in 2015, I, Robot 2. Add to...
- 6/14/2012
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Superstar Will Smith, the most bankable actor working today and the man who recently chose to end a four year absence from movie screens to star in Men in Black 3, has now shed a little bit more light on why he turned down the leading role in the next Tarantino movie.
According to The Playlist, the former rap idol told Empire Magazine the following:
“I came really close, it was one of the most amazing screenplays I had ever ever seen. I was in the middle of Men In Black 3 and [Tarantino] was ready to go, and I just couldn’t sit with him and get through the issues, so I didn’t want to hold him up. That thing’s going to be ridiculous. It is a genius screenplay.”
Well, if you’re in the middle of Men in Black 3, Will! At this stage it looks like...
According to The Playlist, the former rap idol told Empire Magazine the following:
“I came really close, it was one of the most amazing screenplays I had ever ever seen. I was in the middle of Men In Black 3 and [Tarantino] was ready to go, and I just couldn’t sit with him and get through the issues, so I didn’t want to hold him up. That thing’s going to be ridiculous. It is a genius screenplay.”
Well, if you’re in the middle of Men in Black 3, Will! At this stage it looks like...
- 6/14/2012
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Back in February it was reported that Warner Bros is developing a sequel to "I Am Legend" with hope that Will Smith will return to play scientist Robert Neville. At the time, Smith said that he'll produce but won't sign on to star until he sees the script. Now, Smith has confirmed that the sequel is still in the works. "Producers are working on it," he said. "I'm not actually working on it. If it's great, I'm into it." When asked if he will once again star, Smith replied: "Probably not." The actor went on to say that he's no longer interested in making sequels. "I don't want to be the sequel guy," he explained. "I figure I've got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I'm going butt and gut for the rest of my career." Sounds like Smith...
- 6/14/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Eurweb is reporting that despite sequel talks taking place, star Will Smith isn’t too keen on making I Am Legend 2. Earlier this year, Warner Bros. announced that a deal was close to being made for a sequel to Francis Lawrence‘s post-apocalyptic drama. The studio had hoped to have Will Smith return but according to the actor himself, he doesn’t seem too excited about signing on.
“Producers are working on it,” Smith said. “I’m not actually working on it. If it’s great, I’m into it.” When asked if he would reconsider, Smith said, “Probably not.”
“I don’t want to be the sequel guy,” he recently said. “I figure I’ve got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career. Butt and gut,...
“Producers are working on it,” Smith said. “I’m not actually working on it. If it’s great, I’m into it.” When asked if he would reconsider, Smith said, “Probably not.”
“I don’t want to be the sequel guy,” he recently said. “I figure I’ve got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career. Butt and gut,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
After a 4 year break Will Smith returned to the big screen last month in Men in Black 3, which has already made more than the second film and is edging closer to the $589 million worldwide gross of the original (not taking 10 years of inflation and 3D ticket prices into account). In an [...]
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- 6/13/2012
- by Liam Goodwin
- Filmonic.com
Back in February it was reported that Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment (the production company owned by Will Smith) had begun working with producer Akiva Goldsman to craft a sequel to the 2007 winter blockbuster I Am Legend. What was interesting about the report, however, was that it said Smith would likely return to the film as Robert Neville, despite the fact that the character met an unfortunate end at the finish of the first movie. This was explained away by saying that I Am Legend 2 wouldn't be a direct sequel, but instead would just tell a different story in the same universe, but now it's looking like Smith may not be involved at all. In an interview last month with the BBC (via Movies.com), Smith revealed that he actually doesn't have a hand in the development of I Am Legend 2 and isn't contractually obligated to return for the sequel.
- 6/13/2012
- cinemablend.com
Arash Amel has been hired to rewrite Methuselah for Warner Bros. Variety reports that the I Am Legend 2 writer will get a page-one rewrite of the action-adventure film. James Watkins (The Woman in Black) is directing the film, which is being produced by David Heyman (Harry Potter franchise) under his Heyman Films banner. The first draft was written by Watkins. The story follows "a 1,000-year-old man who has used his time on the planet to develop an unparalleled set of survival skills."
Amel is just finishing up I Am Legend 2, and is best known for the Black List script Grace of Monaco, a period film set to star Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly. His first produced script, The Expatriate, arrives in theaters this fall.
One thousand years is plenty of time to develop some bad ass survival skills, so I am excited. If you had a thousand years,...
Amel is just finishing up I Am Legend 2, and is best known for the Black List script Grace of Monaco, a period film set to star Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly. His first produced script, The Expatriate, arrives in theaters this fall.
One thousand years is plenty of time to develop some bad ass survival skills, so I am excited. If you had a thousand years,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Methuselah has always sounded like a fascinating action-adventure project with serious franchise potential, but we can.t decide whether Variety.s news that it.s getting a top-to-bottom rewrite is good or bad. The original Methuselah draft was penned by The Woman in Black director James Watkins, who plans to helm this feature, as well. The story follows a 1,000-year-old man who, according to the trade, has "used his time on the planet to develop an unparalleled set of survival skills" (and we can.t read that sentence aloud without thinking of Liam Neeson.s Taken character). Maybe Warner Bros. will look to Neeson when it comes time to cast Methuselah. But before we get to the casting stages, Variety says Warner has hired I Am Legend 2 screenwriter Arash Amel to polish Watkins. treatment and deliver a tighter script. He won.t start on the Methuselah script, however until...
- 6/12/2012
- cinemablend.com
With major tentpole films such as “World War Z” and “GI Joe: Retaliation” recently experiencing major structural changes, in both cases executed well after the majority of the film has been shot, the public awareness of just how much behind-the-scenes finagling occurs has gone up ten-fold. Constant revisions and re-edits may appear to be damaging to the final product, but in actuality they're oftentimes just another essential part of the process -- or at least Universal and Warner Bros. are hoping so, as they begin major rewrites to two scripts floating around within their gates.
At the start of the year, the Mark Wahlberg actioner “Contraband” may not have revolutionized cinema in really any way, but the film nevertheless stood out at the box office amidst an otherwise quiet field, taking in nearly $100 million worldwide. Naturally, it makes sense for Universal to keep those involved around, and for the film's writer,...
At the start of the year, the Mark Wahlberg actioner “Contraband” may not have revolutionized cinema in really any way, but the film nevertheless stood out at the box office amidst an otherwise quiet field, taking in nearly $100 million worldwide. Naturally, it makes sense for Universal to keep those involved around, and for the film's writer,...
- 6/12/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Moby Dick
"Contraband" scribe Aaron Guzikowski is in negotiations to rewrite Universal's long-gestating adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick".
The aim is to scale back the budget for director Timur Bekmambetov. Ahab will also be depicted as more charismatic, rather than just hell-bent on revenge. [Source: Chicago Tribune]
The Diviners
Paramount Pictures has plans to adapt Libba Bray's upcoming novel into a feature with Bray herself attached to provide the screenplay.
The story follows a young girl shipped to New York who has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult. A rash of occult-based murders soon comes to light. [Source: Screen Daily]
Methuselah
Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped Arash Amel ("I Am Legend 2") to pen a page-one rewrite of "The Woman in Black" helmer James Watkins' action-adventure pic "Methuselah".
The story follows a 1,000-year-old man who has used his time on the...
"Contraband" scribe Aaron Guzikowski is in negotiations to rewrite Universal's long-gestating adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick".
The aim is to scale back the budget for director Timur Bekmambetov. Ahab will also be depicted as more charismatic, rather than just hell-bent on revenge. [Source: Chicago Tribune]
The Diviners
Paramount Pictures has plans to adapt Libba Bray's upcoming novel into a feature with Bray herself attached to provide the screenplay.
The story follows a young girl shipped to New York who has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult. A rash of occult-based murders soon comes to light. [Source: Screen Daily]
Methuselah
Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped Arash Amel ("I Am Legend 2") to pen a page-one rewrite of "The Woman in Black" helmer James Watkins' action-adventure pic "Methuselah".
The story follows a 1,000-year-old man who has used his time on the...
- 6/12/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Variety reports that I Am Legend 2 writer Arash Amel will do a page-one rewrite of Methuselah for Warner Bros. Pictures. James Watkins ( The Woman in Black ) is attached to direct the action adventure, which David Heyman (the "Harry Potter" films) will produce through his Heyday Films. The trade adds that film will "follow a 1,000-year-old man who has used his time on the planet to develop an unparalleled set of survival skills." Amel will write Methuselah once he turns in I Am Legend 2 , which Akiva Goldsman is producing with Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment.
- 6/12/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Since Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan was such a surprise hit, it's no wonder Hollywood wants to follow in his footsteps with other tales from the Bible. Aronofsky's got Noah finally setting sail soon, Ridley Scott is working on a Moses movie, and now Variety reports that I Am Legend 2 writer Arash Amel has been hired to rewrite Methuselah, a film based on the biblical story of the oldest man who ever lived. He lived to be almost 1,000 years old, and this adaptation will depict him as a man who used that extended time on Earth to develop an "unparalleled set of survival skills." Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you? The Woman in Black director James Watkins is set to direct the movie, and Amel has been hired to do a page one rewrite of Watkins' original script (I wonder how he feels about that?...
- 6/12/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
Hollywood loves its sequels, and we’ve got the proof here. Meet the 105 sequels at various stages of production, and a further 17 that seem to have died.
It’s been nearly five years since we started doing our annual round-ups of the current movie sequels that are in the works, and this year marks the longest list of all. Furthermore, what the 105 we've rounded up here doesn’t include are the projects that we suspect might have been lost to development hell, which we’ve detailed down at the bottom. Hollywood does love its follow-ups.
The projects that we do talk about here each have some chance of happening, and we’ve done a release date cut off of films due after October 2012 at the earliest. Thus, this summer’s collection of sequels – including The Dark Knight Rises, Madagascar 3, Ice Age 4, G.I. Joe 2, The Expendables 2, American Pie: The Reunion,...
It’s been nearly five years since we started doing our annual round-ups of the current movie sequels that are in the works, and this year marks the longest list of all. Furthermore, what the 105 we've rounded up here doesn’t include are the projects that we suspect might have been lost to development hell, which we’ve detailed down at the bottom. Hollywood does love its follow-ups.
The projects that we do talk about here each have some chance of happening, and we’ve done a release date cut off of films due after October 2012 at the earliest. Thus, this summer’s collection of sequels – including The Dark Knight Rises, Madagascar 3, Ice Age 4, G.I. Joe 2, The Expendables 2, American Pie: The Reunion,...
- 3/15/2012
- Den of Geek
Akiva Goldsman’s passion project may be finally coming together. Goldsman has been trying to mount an adaptation of A Winter’s Tale, a supernatural period thriller novel by Mark Helprin, since at least the mid-2000s when the project got set up at Warner Bros. I am Legend 2 Proceeding With Will Smith and Akiva Goldsman Producing, Arash Amel Writing Goldsman, who wrote the script and will be making his directorial debut, came close last year when he got to the casting stage but that was derailed by budgetary issues. Goldsman was able to bring the budget down by at least
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- 2/29/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner has reportedly hired a writer for I Am Legend 2, and Will Smith is being sought to return for the sequel, too…
A spoiler for the ending of I Am Legend lies within...
As pop culture heroes Ellen Ripley and Bobby Ewing know only too well, death is but a trifling inconvenience. And in spite of the mildly inconvenient demise of Will Smith’s character at the end of I Am Legend, Warner is reportedly looking for a way to write him back into a potential sequel.
This is according to stories over the weekend, which suggest that writer Arash Amel has been brought in to write an I Am Legend 2 script, with Will Smith acting as producer and possible star.
The 2007 I Am Legend movie, the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel of the same name, received mixed reviews but did well at the box office,...
A spoiler for the ending of I Am Legend lies within...
As pop culture heroes Ellen Ripley and Bobby Ewing know only too well, death is but a trifling inconvenience. And in spite of the mildly inconvenient demise of Will Smith’s character at the end of I Am Legend, Warner is reportedly looking for a way to write him back into a potential sequel.
This is according to stories over the weekend, which suggest that writer Arash Amel has been brought in to write an I Am Legend 2 script, with Will Smith acting as producer and possible star.
The 2007 I Am Legend movie, the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel of the same name, received mixed reviews but did well at the box office,...
- 2/19/2012
- Den of Geek
Fantasy fans continued to patiently wait for Warner Bros. and producer Akiva Goldsman to come up with a creative way to continue the story of I Am Legend, the hit 1987 futuristic horror thriller starring Will Smith as Robert Neville, the last man in New York City after a plague turned his fellow citizens into zombies. Goldsman and co-writer Mark Protosevich adapted the Richard Matheson novel; previously made as the Vincent Price movie The Last Man on Earth and the Charlton Heston thriller The Omega. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. hired Arash Amel to write I Am Legend 2 with Goldsman co-producing along with Will Smith via his firm Overbrook Entertainment.
- 2/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fantasy fans continued to patiently wait for Warner Bros. and producer Akiva Goldsman to come up with a creative way to continue the story of I Am Legend, the hit 1987 futuristic horror thriller starring Will Smith as Robert Neville, the last man in New York City after a plague turned his fellow citizens into zombies. Goldsman and co-writer Mark Protosevich adapted the Richard Matheson novel; previously made as the Vincent Price movie The Last Man on Earth and the Charlton Heston thriller The Omega. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. hired Arash Amel to write I Am Legend 2 with Goldsman co-producing along with Will Smith via his firm Overbrook Entertainment.
- 2/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Looking at Will Smith's IMDb page makes you want to put the movie industry under six feet of dirt. The actor is currently listed with 38 in-development projects that include Men in Black III; Bad Boys 3; I, Robot 2; Hancock 2; Independence Day 2; Untitled I Am Legend Prequel; The Karate Kid 2; and Independence Day 3. It's total sequel overload, particularly for someone who only has 20 film acting credits to his name. Luckily, however, two of them won't be happening for a long time. Director Roland Emmerich recently spoke to Empire and revealed that while there was some big talk about sequels to Independence Day in the last two years, they aren't even close to being put together. First announced on this site back in November 2009, the director revealed that there is no script yet because, "[he doesn't] want to write anything before anything starts." But just in case you're worried...
- 2/14/2011
- cinemablend.com
Rumor has it, "I Am Legend" prequel might no longer be a prequel. In an unconfirmed twist related to "Untitled I Am Legend Prequel", AICN has broken out the possibility that the second movie to the blockbuster horror thriller starring Will Smith may instead be a sequel as their scooper Westwood9 came out with an update about the project.
Reporting on the matter, Westwood9 firstly explained that at the beginning, Warner Bros. went along with Smith's initial story which "took place several years before the original film and there were still pockets of survivors". But after screenwriter D.B. Weiss and Smith officially joined the project, they allegedly decided to shake things up by making the project a sequel. Despite this report, Warner Bros. have yet to come out with confirmation nor denial on the sequel potential.
Back in late September, Warner Bros. Pictures have confirmed that the prequel of "I Am Legend" is en route.
Reporting on the matter, Westwood9 firstly explained that at the beginning, Warner Bros. went along with Smith's initial story which "took place several years before the original film and there were still pockets of survivors". But after screenwriter D.B. Weiss and Smith officially joined the project, they allegedly decided to shake things up by making the project a sequel. Despite this report, Warner Bros. have yet to come out with confirmation nor denial on the sequel potential.
Back in late September, Warner Bros. Pictures have confirmed that the prequel of "I Am Legend" is en route.
- 11/25/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Warner Bros. Pictures have finally confirmed that the prequel of "I Am Legend", "Untitled I Am Legend Prequel", is in the works. According to Variety, the studio have set the project in motion as the film's star Will Smith, who is returning as Dr. Robert Neville, and director Francis Lawrence are reportedly going to collaborate once again for the new project.
The script for the prequel will be penned by D.B. Weiss and is based on a detailed outline that was hatched over the past few months by Smith, Lawrence and producers, Akiva Goldsman and James Lassiter. It will center its story on the final days leading up to wiping up of the New York population by the man-made virus.
"I Am Legend" itself is Lawrence's sci-fi horror film based on Richard Matheson's novel of the same name. Telling the story about the lone survivor in the world...
The script for the prequel will be penned by D.B. Weiss and is based on a detailed outline that was hatched over the past few months by Smith, Lawrence and producers, Akiva Goldsman and James Lassiter. It will center its story on the final days leading up to wiping up of the New York population by the man-made virus.
"I Am Legend" itself is Lawrence's sci-fi horror film based on Richard Matheson's novel of the same name. Telling the story about the lone survivor in the world...
- 9/25/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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