I Am Legend

I am sure one must have heard of this movie. It stars Will Smith, the greatest actor according to me of all time. This charismatic actor will be playing the role of Robert Neville in the movie.

I Am Legend is actually based on a book by the same name written by Richard Matheson. This book has had three remakes till date.

- The first one The Last Man On Earth, originally an Italian film, but the screenplay was written by Richard Matheson. This movie was released in 1964.
- The second one The Omega Man, realesed in 1971 had a few changes to the storyline. It did not do too well as a movie.
- And of course the third one I Am Legend, releasing on December 14th, 2007, starring Will Smith will acording to me definitely do exceedingly well.

The project was initially started off in 1997 by Warner Bros. This movie has seen many changes in the directors. Ridley Scott, the first director wanted to star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie soon got disrupted due to continuos budgetary concerns.
The movie changed hands from Scott to Michael Bay to Francis Lawrence. Lawrence and Will Smith had an agreement and Will Smith agreed to act in the movie.

Will Smith who of course has many awards to his credit has disappointed me only in one movie out of the 18 films that I saw of his, and that was Men In Black II.

I Am Legend: Teaser Poster

The outline of the story is this: A new man-made virus attacks and wipes out the entire population of the New York City., leaving Robert Neville as the last man to survive in this city or even the world. The virus turns people into some sort of mutants which are nocturnal. Robert Neville who is running out of time is searching for survivors across the world.

Some parts of the movie were shot at Brooklyn Bridge in New York City for $5 million making it the most expensive scene in the New York City.

As far as the marketing is concerned, DC Comics and Vertigo Comics had an agreement and in a joint venture along with Richard Christian Matheson (author's son) are going to create a comic based on the movie.
Also, Warner Bros. launched an online multiplayer game called I Am Legend: Survivor in the virtual Second Life.

This movie will surely be a great movie. I am expectantly waiting to see Will Smith kick some virus butt...