


Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia). He also hinted that the story would take place in New York City just as I Am Legend did.You learn something new every day what did you learn today? He admitted that he was interested in examining a post-apocalyptic world after nature had taken over once again. In the same interview, Goldsman also pointed to The Last of Us as a strong inspiration for the sequel. He then understands that they see him as a monster, just as he sees them. In the ending that I Am Legend 2 will follow, Neville realizes the infected aren't there to kill him, but rather to save one of their own - the infected that Neville captured as a test subject. Instead, the sequel will follow the alternate ending that was closer to the I Am Legend book. He also confirmed the new movie would do away with the original ending in which Neville sacrifices himself to kill the mutants and allow Anna and Ethan to escape. In his interview with Deadline he confirmed I Am Legend 2 will take place decades after the events of the first movie, suggesting some big changes to the post-apocalyptic world. Goldsman gave some pivotal I Am Legend 2 updates regarding the movie's story details. I was almost jumping on the phone and saying, 'Can I please be in it? Can I please be in it? Can I please be in it?'" Anna was an important character in the first movie, and as she survived in both the theatrical ending and alternate ending, where she became Robert's traveling partner, it'd be easy to write her into I Am Legend 2. The actor didn't know I Am Legend 2 was in development, noting, " I was super surprised and very curious. This decision is a drastic one, as it means I Am Legend 2 will have to find a way to explain why it's ignoring the end of I Am Legend - a detail which filmmaker Akiva Goldsman, who made the announcement, didn't elaborate on in the Deadline interview.Īlice Braga, who played Anna in I Am Legend, has also weighed in on the in-development sequel.

It was confirmed that the sequel would not follow the original theatrical ending, but instead act as a continuation of the alternate ending of I Am Legend in which Will Smith's Robert Neville survives. While I Am Legend 2 seemed stalled in development hell for some time, a February 2023 announcement for the I Am Legend sequel ( via Deadline) clarified a lot of details.
