More Pics From The I AM LEGEND Shoot!! Biohazard Signs!! Bored Dogs!!

Will Smith in a race against time to lower the window! I'm seeing a 'Hot Dog' pop/rap theme tune... This sounds so bad it might be funny. Or tragic. One of the two...

This will suck because WILL SMITH (TM) is in it, thereby gaurentees that it will skew to the lame as WLL SMITH (TM) core audience...if he can pull them away from 'Dancing with the Stars' and 'American Idol' long enough to see the film...

Can we have your credit card info too?

is not a vampire/monster. the movie is different from the book in that the dog is a companion to neville. also, those fema trailers are what neville works out of because he is a virologist (also different from the book). instead of him spending years teaching himself microbiology, the screenwriters take the easy out and make him a scientist. LAME!

And the lion and a bear fight. The lion is tough but can he take the bear? I don't know. Oh my gosh the fighting! It is so brutal. The blood! There goes a paw! And the bear is victorious!!! YES! Anyway, my movie sounds much sweeter.

Generally I'm all in favor of giving film makers some interpretive license when you're dealing with an adaptation like this, but there was just so much that worked so very well in the original story...why make these changes? It makes me wonder what the film makers actually liked about the premise so much that they just had to acquire the rights. Was it the name? Really? Just the name? Shit.

no worries

seriously, how bad is this thing gonna be? goddamn its gonna have to be remade in 20 years

I predict Will will say that shortly after punching a plague-ravaged zombie in the face. He will then proceed to light a cigar.

haha

...the apocalypse allows time to keep your hot rod squeaky clean. please have some respect and rename this movie.

the same guy who did the da vinci code? how is it, that when they do an adaption of a crappy book like the da vinci, they don't change anything. but when it's time to do an adaption of a good book, this is what happens...

THEY HANDLED THE VAMPIRE EPIDEMIC LIKE KATRINA....WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE LEFT! SO COME OUT NEVILLE!!!!!

they're trashing it because of past experience with will smth sci fi remakes... the pics are just confirmation.

So this will go from one man facing the apocalypse to one man and his bitch kicking some vampire ass and finding the cure, which is carried in the mouth of his faithful dog, roll end credits.

It'll just be Smith saying stuff like "Whoa!" and "Damn! Them vampires be going crazy!", while explosions and scenes of night-time gun play happen. God, I wish this would've been made a decade ago with Arnold.

I've given up hope on this movie now. I really hoped for a gritty, tough as nails "I am legend" adaptation. Now we get the glossed up, Big Willy style version. It's a shame though 'cause Will Smith can act. Here's a man alone in the world, trying to survive while being haunted and attacked by filthy bloodsuckers each and every night. How does one not go utterly insane?! This could have been one hell of a psychological thriller/horror. Now we get Will Smith, Fresh Prince-ing his way through this film with big guns and one-liners…and another thing! That car is just too damn shiney!

shame. Guess we can never know till we see it but...from what ive heard it barely follows the most basic plotline that it is 'based' on.

http://scriptzone.forumculture.net/ftopic16.I-AM-LEGEND-Script-Review.htm#bottom I AM LEGEND by Akiva Goldsman Based on the script by Mark Protosevich Previous Revisions by John Logan and Neal Jimenez Based on the novel by Richard Matheson Script dated July 11th 2006 I'm back. Took 2 years to find a script worth reviewing, but it finally happened. I've read numerous screenplays during my retirement. I need to address one thing: the current state of American screenwriting. It's awful. For every Zach Helm (the next Charlie Kaufman), we have 10 idiots writing Scary Movie 5 or Bring it On 3. Original voices are harder and harder to find these days. Just look at the Academy Awards last year, it was almost a big-budget Spirit Awards ripoff. Indie and foreign cinema have some very fascinating voices. Somehow Hollywood has lost it's edge in the past 5 years. No one seems to be making interesting and intelligent studio pictures. The bottom-line has taken over and the studio execs are scared *beep* to greenlight anything remotely different. Thank god for the specialty divisions are doing something different. (WIP, Paramount Vantage, Fox Searchlight etc...) Eventhough my tastes are pretty much indie these days, I still enjoy a big-budget spectacle from time to time. I've read 2 kickass high-profile 2007 screenplays. Goldsman's I Am Legend and David Goyer's Jumper. Hopefully I'll have the time to review Jumper before TIFF but it's an amazing ride. Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) has another shot at starting a fantastic franchise. I like Warner Brothers. They have four of the most intriguing films of the fall: The Departed (adored the script), The Fountain, The Good German and Blood Diamond. They've had a rough summer with Poseidon and Superman under-performing. Their 2007 line-up will be highlighted by I AM LEGEND. ROBERT NEVILLE (Will Smith) is the last man on earth. He hunts down deers off Park Avenue in New-York City. During the day, he finds food and equipments to continue his existence. Before sundown, he goes back to his bunker residence awaiting daytime again. A former army virus-expert, he's trying to discover a cure for the virus that has mutated 90% of the population. Those 'infected' are allergic to sunlight and UV light. They eat whatever they can find. Neville is immuned to the virus and uses his own blood to find a serum. He broadcast a message everyday on the radio to have survivors meet him at the South Street Seaport at noon. We flashback between Robert's memories of how the whole infection began and how he lost his family. Finally, one day he's had enough. He decides at the sundown to take on the whole infected army. (His idea of suicide...) Just as he's about to collapse from the evil onslaught, a young woman called ANNA and a boy ETHAN appear. Is he dreaming? I need to say I've never read the legendary script that Mark Protosevich wrote or Matheson's novel. With that in mind, I'm not able to tell you how faithful the adaptation is. But I'll say this, it's a fascinating story. I like the script from beginning to end. Goldsman, who's usually either great or totally off, has managed to write a very strong storyline. It reminded me of the first half of 28 Days Later. I still think Danny Boyle's film is seriously flawed. The first half of that movie is KICKASS. It's one of the most brilliant piece of sci-fi cinema. Unfortunately, the whole military-castle second half is awful. It seriously sucks. Now imagine the first half stretched to 2 hours with a bigger budget, an amazing location (NYC instead of London) and more drama. That's I AM LEGEND for you.

This will be absolutely awful. Did they even read the book?

...just like he ruined I, Robot with his minstrel show antics. Being a man of color (although which color is a matter of debate) I have no problem with a black person playing Neville, just not him. Denzel, Wesley Snipes, Terrence Howard, hell even Jamie Foxx I would prefer to "Big Willie". I suppose the only thing worse would have been one of the Wayans brothers.

Complete with the love interest having a kid brother who's infected. Neville will use his blood to save the boy. Anna will become infected and join "the family" killing her own brother. Neville will give his life to save her and hand the rest of the syrum to the leader of the humans who in this update will be left wing bloggers or some crap instead of the hippies. Maybe this would be cool if we could at least get Mattheius and the Family to be real vampires this time even with the irradiated albino skin, the robes and the sunglasses. That would be bad ass. Who's playing the Ben Cartman/Matheius role anyhow.

Ok, you're the only man left, so some might argue that you'd treat yourself by stealing a fun car. But that would only last about 2 minutes before you realize no one will care what car you are in, and you should probably find yourself a nice big car that you can gather supplies in, or a nice gas efficient car, since after a while, the gas in those pumps will run out. And the dog is bored cause he knows how lame this movie will be. Transformers, I Am Legend..what next? Hyperion, but they'll make it contemporary, and Colin Farrel will play The Shrike, which will be less of a living killing machine, and more of a sexy irish guy?

Anthony Zerbe is still alive and hasn't aged all that much in 36 years. They should just get him again or at least give him a cameo. "EEEEEVIIIIIL! EEEEEVIIIIIL!"

You've definitely trumped the other sites with that picture of an I Am Legend parking space. Before you guys post stuff like this, you need to ask yourself, would I be interested in these if I didn't know where they came from. Without the I Am Legend connection, all you're left with is a bunch of pictures of a car.

one more time for emphasis.

I wouldn't trust the word of a guy who praises the work of goldsman and goyer, two of the biggest (and by that i mean BIGGEST) Hacks working in the system, and then runs down a very solid (albeit contrived) sreenplay from Garland and Boyle. A straight I Am Legend adaptation would be an amazing film. Will Smith could even pull it off properly, because he has enough natural charm and charisma to be alone on screen for 3/4s of a movie. But of course, Akiva wouldn't know a good simple story if it fucked him in the ear. The storyline needs to build to the best ending in horror lit., including the eponymous final three words of Mathieson's masterpiece. Fuck Akiva Goldsman for thinking he could "jazz" up the story, and fuck anyone else that is involved in the production of this film, in any way , shape or form.

for sidewalk weeds. Amazing results.

his next movie. SlaughterHouse-Five!
Yup, Willie Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time while staying in a POW camp in Iraq during the First Gulf War. Jessica Simpson will be playing Montana Wildhack. It's the can't miss action tentpole flick of 2008!!!

I really love this site and the people who write for it. It's been my homepage for years now. But seriously... what's happened over the last few months? Firstly, the technical side of things is just messed up. Nothing loads properly and the talkbacks are ALWAYS screwed. Secondly, I can hardly ever understand the headlines anymore because there are so many exclamation marks and separate ideas in one headline - it's ridiculous. See the headline for this article as an example. Nobody likes the guy who bitches, but I only bitch 'cause I love - please get your act together AICN. For the sake of us all, let us pray.

mysteriously vanishing thread titles a common problem? Invisible one moment, visible the next.

The only two well crafted films i've seen all year are United 93 and Miami Vice. Who the fuck put these people in charge and why are we doing nothing about it? Why don't we start a revolution? The studio heads are fucking every picture they greenlight with all the wrong creative decisions. Jesus wept.

...And that's dumbass film geeks talking about things like they know their ass from their mouth when it comes to films being made. "Notice the tennis balls...Blah... Blah... Blah..." They're not for CG tracking they're a common Grip Dept. invention for preventing people from smashing their heads open on the solid aluminum rigging!!!! In future just stick to taking your photos instead of trying to wow us with your technical knowledge of the filmmaking process... Cheers.

Nor could the producers see the crappy storyline for that matter. This film is made by the living dead for the living dead. Give me the book, "LMOE" or "Omega Man" any day over this dreck.

It just saw the dailies. Hmm... lone dude, driving around in a cool car with his badass dog, looking for "juice." Mel is legend.

I agree with you 100% about the current group of Hollywood decision-makers (Is there something in the water?). However, with respect to I AM LEGEND, for me, the jury is still out. IMHO The issue with Will Smith movies is that just about all of them are entertaining (excluding Wild Wild West of course), just not in the way we expect them to be.

This shit smells like a Nike commercial.

That's sort of a lateral move at best, isn't it?

i read that depp is no longer connected to this movie. so guess what happens.

In the movie description they don't mention the word vampire at all....they call em mutants, so I have a heavy suspicion that the person who wrote the screenplay has never even read the story. And another potentially great movie bites the dust. Man I'm really hating the execs in Hollywood.

Do the mutants at least drink people's blood? This mutant thing sounds like CHUD.

The book that this film is supposedly based on is classic and brilliant. While I don't doubt that Francis lawrence will be able to pull it off visually (I liked Constantine for the most part), and Will Smith can act (I even liked I, Robot, though it did rape the source material quite thoroughly), I expect that Goldsman's script will be chock full of oneliners and lame concepts borrowed from tired and dated films. The main problem will be the lack of the iconic ending of the book; Hollywood does not have the balls to end it this way. Forget the car and the dog and the woman and her kid - yeah that sucks, but the book is ultimately about change, about evolution (among other things) and Hollywood as usual will dumb down anything that suggests that Human Beings aren't the ultimate and undefeatable species on the planet. Thank god for the red necks and retards that continue to pack theaters to see low concept high budget drivel so that Hollywood continues to serve it up fresh and steaming. I don't know what I would do without Fast and Furious 3 - we couldn't get anyone in America to do it so we went overseas. This movie will suck, I am almost certain, though i still hope that it won't, that this is all some elaborate prank and they are shooting a movie written by someone who knows how to read and write instead of just shitting on a page for Opie and hoping he can do something with it. End of rant.... for now.

He seems to be a star of a lot of sci fi remake movies anyway.

Pictures of streets? Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoICgCe8-gk

I have nothing against Will Smith. He's ok for a certain type of role. Bad Boys, Men in Black. That's appropriate. Casting Will Smith in adaptations of really good stories, or putting Will Smith in a serious Sci-Fi movie, is inappropriate.

I sort of like Constanine and I can stomach Big Willy. But if they short change this, or try to "sexy it up" with a bunch of shet that doesn't matter, then it might work. i.e. when the end of the world happens...I am not driving a ford sports car, I am driving a armored up hummer with a .50 cal on top.

Buy your copies of "I Am Legend" now for both yourself and for future gifts, before all we're stuck with are slick trade paper copies with Will Smith holding a shotgun, lookin' all "legendy".

He should say "Come out Neville!" and then do his Carlton dance... BTW--Hillary on that show was smokin' hot

60 Days Later - Smith wakes up after the infected die off from starvation.

Please--- NOBODY go see this. Don't buy it on DVD. Don't let Hollywood know that they can crap on a cornerstone of horror fiction like this. Let Hollywood know that Will Smith is NOT the right guy for some roles.

Will,

We like you. We liked you in Men In Black. We liked you in Independence Day. We liked you in Enemy of the State. You're a good actor, and you certainly have charisma. What you don't have- and you MUST know this- is gravitas. At least, you never show it in movies. Directors seem to want Men In Black Will, or Independence Day Will, and you give it to them because at the end of the day the studio signs your checks.

But here's the problem Will; The people who cast you in this movie have no respect for the source material. By accepting this role, and playing it the way it is on the page- flaws and all- you're perpetuating the idea that Hollywood can shit all over Richard Matheson's wonderful story and get away with it. It's not your fault, but your role in all this is as an enabler. Because you're playing this part- which was obviously tweaked and written with your style of acting in mind- you're supporting the Hollywood trend of bastardizing a good book in exchange for some popcorn entertainment.

I'm asking you, Will Smith, to back out of this project and site the reason as being "The producers, screenwriters, and director have no respect for the source material, and I can't have that sort of lack of respect for art on my conscience." or something similar. Step up, Will, and show us you aren't just taking a paycheck and saying what's written in a poorly authored screenplay. Show you have some integrity as an ARTIST, Will, and tell the producers to give you a script that doesn't shit all over Matheson's book.

Maybe you do have gravitas. You used to be a serious actor, and I've seen you get pretty serious in some movies. But you always seem to fuck that up in favor of doing something disrespectful and silly, like "I, Robot". Perhaps it's time you showed Hollywood and the world that you're not just "Independence Day Will Smith" and "Men in Black Will Smith" and that you can pull out the serious "Ali Will Smith" in something besides a docudrama. INSIST on a new shooting script that is closer to the book, Will.

If you do this, you will earn legions of fans, impress the industry, and gain some respect from critics and moviegoers alike.

OR. . . You could just do what they tell you to do, whip out the bad puns and one-liners, and act in a movie that has almost nothing to do with the story intended by the original author, damning the fans to another 20-year wait for a proper adaption of this classic novel.

Your choice. Surprise me, Will. Do the right thing.

Guys, If we all support and rally around this film, we stand a chance of finally getting SOYLENT GREEN starring Cedric, The Entertainer. And I know we all want that.....

Now THAT is an excellent looking car, and I, for one am envious. My issue with the film so far is based on the rumor that the vampire virus has targetted only NY. I can't see how that would work...now if they just have the film SET in NY and leave us to presume that the rest of the world is equally screwed...fine, no objection. Will Smith - no objection unless his performance sucks, which I won't know until I see the movie. The car - fuck, I WANT one of those.

its too early to tell

...let them plug. Big deal.

AWWWWWWW HAAAAAYYYYYLLLL NAW! WELCOME TA URF! OH NO YOU DID NOT JUST TRY TO SHOOT ME

All the fanboys here were bitching about I ROBOT before the film was released and you know something? We were right? It might have made $150 million but it was fast food, hip sci-fi, completely forgettable and ludicrous - i still remember the idiotic climax with Will Smith on that giant antennae structure beating off dozens of hostile robots. What a piece of shit that film was. And I AM LEGEND with Smith will make yo fanboys WISH Swarzenneger was involved.

Don't know how much has been retained. http://www.horrorlair.com/scripts/legend.txt

From the look of the pics it appears that the virus may not be far along. Maybe that's why Smith is driving the clean car and wearing regular clothes. Perhaps this is the beginning? I certainly hope they don't toss out the premises he's been doing this for years. That's the whole story.

You know what the closing scene is going to be? Smith meets some government official, dons some black shades and goes "You know what the difference is between you and me? I'm Legend." I bet they got the rights of the book just for that one scene.

..and stops by Grandma's for some sweet poptato pie. Hell maybe he'll get some chitlins and roll 1 pant leg up!

Not that I've ever driven one...

I have heard he already shot his scenes?

But it was set in L.A. (it's unclear at this point whether moving the setting to NY will make a difference) and it sure as hell didn't have any Will Smith-style one-liners in it. If this movie has a popcorn tone and isn't dark and serious, I will not see it.

I, robot is hated because it is a PIECE OF GARBAGE that I wouldn't wipe my ass with, and I love, LOVED dark city. Alex, please never use that f'in clown again.

Considering all we've seen of this movie are shots of cars in the street, this could really go either way. Wait untill we see some vampires or something. One things for sure though, this movie will be the ultimate in fake moldy grass effects.

more lame big willy style popcorn fare

You know he's been trying for weeks to come up with a rhyme for "legend."

They tried to shoehorn him in and make it a 'buddy' film (UGH!), but didn't happen. Logan's script was terrible. It had to have been written with Arnold in mind (cigars, hummers). I liked Prosotevich's script but the ending is not good. I also heard that there is no longer the "central" hemocyte, Cortman/Mathias. So expect more action and less exposition.

Feel free to use it Will Used to like to party with my peeps in NYC. But the big one was dropped and turned them all ashy. So now I split my time staking hearts and just veggin. Don’t you touch my stang, cuz I AM LEGEND!

The stuff you guys are saying about it doesn't sound at all like the script I read. And I'm pretty sure the one I read was set in L.A., and the sequence where the guy goes back to his old house is set in Palos Verdes.

If so, that's the Logan script. His had Neville in a house in PV. But considering this thing has been bouncing around for 10 years who knows. Yes if you don't put in a comment it sends you to the preview page I wasn't crazy about the way Emma was reworked in that one.

...as long as he raps over the end credits. Can't get enough of that.

Of will with a gun, a dog and a dirty SUV...http://tinyurl.com/nfdws

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12992 I like that they gave him white/greying hair...

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12992 I like that they gave him white/greying hair...

I’m diggin’ it and lookin’ forward to this retelling of the tale. I like that fact that Will Smith in the driver’s seat – he’s fun to watch and is a fine entertainer. Opening night – no doubt.