Last year director Francis Lawrence brought the forever-in-development I Am Legend to the big screen with Will Smith as the star and saw the film go on to gross over $584M worldwide and become one of the biggest hits of the year. Was there any doubt they would start talking about making another one?
(If you haven’t seen the movie yet you might not want to read this as it will most definitely give away a few things.)
ShockTillYouDrop.com was able to get an interview with Lawrence at Comic-Con and he opened up right away about rumors concerning a possible sequel or prequel to the film. “Yes, yes, absolutely, we’re actually trying to crack that. We’re trying to figure out some ideas for it, but yes, it would be a prequel,” he told them.
A prequel would be the most obvious course of action to take, of course, since that would mean that Will Smith could actually return (since he died in the first one) something the director says Smith isn’t opposed to doing. If they were to make a sequel they would have to be far more creative in finding a way to work Will Smith into the picture.
I’m afraid I have to say that this is just a bad idea. There were things that I liked about I Am Legend and things I thought could have been better, but I’m not sure anyone was sitting around after the movie saying they wished they could have seen more about the virus turning everyone into…whatever it is they were turned in to. A prequel would almost certainly deal with parts of the story that we already know the ending to. It just seems pointless. A sequel might not be a bad idea, but they’d have to find a way to work Will Smith in which would probably just screw the whole story up since it wouldn’t make any sense.
Does anyone else think this is a good idea? Or is this just a case of a bunch of people trying to make money off Will Smith and a hit movie?
Gah…. stoopid prequels… “It just seems pointless..” Aye… it like you said Budwieser.. cause you said it all!!
How many people would go see a Titanic prequel?!?!
*Jumping up and down with hand raised* I would, I would!!
Serious? Really?!?!?! What would be the point though?
No, not seriously…
I was gonna say, do you and Jason ever talk
I'm not always a fan of prequels, but this one could be good. There's a lot of story untold and blanks that could be filled in. Besides Will Smith usually delivers.
Prequels can be good I guess (i'm one of the few that enjoyed Star Wars Prequels), but mainly I'm a 'what happens next ' kind of guy.
Well, I'm not against prequels necessarily, but I think they need a story to tell. I just don't see anything compelling in the story of Smith's character prior to when I Am Legend starts – that is compelling enough to erase the fact that we already know how everything got started and how it ultimately ends for Smith.
Perhaps the prequel tells a story of how Smith Character develops an immunity to incendary grenades and therefore we can have a sequel =)
Also, keep in mind we didn't actually see him die and of course there's the whole alternate ending. while a sequel seems unlikely and that's probably a good thing, a prequel might still be fun. Besides, in Hollywood if an idea can be profitable then it must be good.
Look for 'I will be Legend' coming to a theater near you.
lol… 'I will be'… catchy title.. =)
LOL, I like it.
Seems to me that the only space to play in would be another one along the horror lines where the vampires are beginning and taking over the city, while people fight them off and try to escape, but it would still be pretty meh to me.
Where were you when I was coming up with the title of this article…?
A great title and I'm the only one giving him a point for that?
Agreed
well, i believe they’ll base it somewhat along the lines of the Omega Man film back in ‘71. . . thats the general consensus from me and my friends. . . if you are unfamiliar with it go to wikipedia and do a search