Monday, February 11, 2008

I Am Legend

READ THE BOOK FIRST! Although this is a well-enough Hollywood production, I preferred the original story. FYI, I was down on Park Avenue when they were shooting the scene where Smith shoots the mannequin (for being out of place) and eventually gets trapped by the dark seekers. Maybe the upcoming DVD will have some cool bonus features. We can only hope.

Wikipedia: "I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It is the third feature film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man.[1]


Smith plays virologist Robert Neville, who thinks he may be Earth's only surviving human not affected by a vicious man-made virus. He works to create a cure while living in a city inhabited by mutant victims of the airborn virus.


Warner Bros. Pictures began developing I Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene at the Brooklyn Bridge, the most expensive scene ever filmed in the city at the time. "

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