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I Am Legend 2
script continues to be in growth. - The primary movie’s director, Francis Lawrence, will return to direct, with Will Smith set to reprise his position.
- Michael B. Jordan and Smith produce other initiatives coming earlier than
I Am Legend 2
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The sequel to some of the beloved dystopian sci-fi flicks of the final 20 years simply acquired an thrilling new replace. In an interview with People Magazine, Michael B. Jordan, who is about to star reverse Will Smith in I Am Legend 2, shared a standing replace on the brand new undertaking. When requested how far alongside the movie was in growth, Jordan had this to say:
“We’re nonetheless engaged on the script and getting that as much as par. It does not have a launch date or something like that. I am not precisely positive the place we will be filming that one, however I am actually excited to get in entrance of the digicam with him. Being anyone that I’ve seemed as much as for a very very long time, to have the ability to work with Will is one thing I am actually wanting ahead to. I am actually excited.”
Whereas it is undeniably heartwarming to listen to Jordan speak about teaming up with one in all his idols with such fervor, it is disappointing to listen to that I Am Legend 2 seems to be a number of years away, at finest. Except for Smith and Jordan starring within the movie, with Smith reprising his role as Dr. Robert Neville, little is understood concerning the plot of I Am Legend 2 right now. Authentic director Francis Lawrence, who has since directed 4 installments within the Hunger Games franchise, will return to helm I Am Legend 2, and Akiva Goldsman, finest recognized for his work on Batman & Robin, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and The Crowded Room, will pen the script.
What Else Is on the Horizon for Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan?
Whereas it might be some time earlier than followers shall be seated in theaters for I Am Legend 2, you will not have to attend lengthy to catch Smith or Jordan within the meantime. Smith’s newest installment in his buddy cop franchise with Martin Lawrence, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, is about to debut in theaters this weekend. He’s additionally set to star reverse Kevin Hart in Planes, Trains & Cars, the remake of the 1987 traditional, and has a number of different intriguing initiatives within the works.
As for Jordan, he was recently seen filming his upcoming untitled collaboration with Ryan Coogler, who he is beforehand labored with on the Creed films and each Black Panther movies. He may even return alongside Tessa Thompson and Mila Davis-Kent for an additional Creed installment, directing but once more after making his directorial debut with 2023’s Creed 3. He’s additionally set to crew up with Coogler in one other movie, Fallacious Reply, an motion thriller a couple of math instructor in Atlanta who comes beneath hearth after altering his pupil’s check scores to earn extra funding.
I Am Legend 2 doesn’t but have an official launch date. Whereas I Am Legend is not streaming anyplace, you can next see Smith in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, in theaters this weekend. Discover tickets under.
I Am Legend
Loosely primarily based on Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel of the identical title, I Am Legend stars Will Smith as Robert Neville, a virologist who believes himself to be the final human on Earth. After a virus turns many of the world’s inhabitants into vampiric creatures often called Darkseekers, Neville finds himself immune. Believing himself to be the final man of Earth, Neville stalks by the ruins of New York, hoping to create an antidote that may save humanity.
- Runtime
- 101 minutes
- Major Style
- Drama