It was quite a bombshell when 15 years after the premiere of ‘I am Legend’ the launch of a sequel was announced. The great moment he was going through Will Smith Thanks to ‘The Williams Method’, I’m sure something had to do with it, but then the project has progressed quite slowly, and I suspect that the actor’s aggression against Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscar gala he had a lot to do with it.
Already then he had several projects, among which he stood out with his own light ‘I am Legend 2’. After a short pause motivated by wanting to get away from the spotlight, Smith is already planning how to reactivate his career and it is clear that the sequel to one of his biggest hits -it earned 585.4 million dollars in theaters against a budget of 150- is part full of it. Next we will review everything that is known about her.
The history
Akiva Goldsman, one of the scriptwriters of the first installment who will carry out this work alone here, has confirmed that the sequel will be more faithful to the original novel by Richard Matheson and that it will also be influenced by ‘The Last of Us’. It will start several decades later and to justify the reappearance of Will Smith’s character, it will ignore the original outcome so that the alternative ending becomes canon. An unprecedented decision in Hollywood.
When is ‘I am Legend 2’ released in theaters?
From Warner they have not yet specified the release date of ‘I am Legend 2’, but At least we will have to wait until 2024 to see itand do not be surprised if it is delayed even more.
Cast and protagonists
Will Smith will resume the character of Robert Neville, leaving in the air the possibility that some of the protagonists of the first installment return for its sequel. His thing would be that at least Alice Braga (‘City of God’) and charlie tahan (‘Ozark’) come back as Anna and Ethan, but considering the time jump, they can always find some excuse to do without them.
The great novelty of the cast so far is the signing of Michael B Jordan, an actor who is trading on the rise in Hollywood and who has recently achieved great success with ‘Creed 3’, in which he is also a director. That will not happen in the case of ‘I am Legend 2’, although he will be one of the producers of the film.
What we don’t have yet is a director, so most likely Francis Lawrence do not repeat behind the cameras, something logical if we take into account that where he will return is for ‘Constantine 2’, and of course, his schedule surely makes it impossible for him to combine two such ambitious productions.
Trailer, images and poster
If filming hasn’t started, it’s clear that we still don’t have any images of ‘I’m Legend 2’. As soon as one appears, we will include it here.