Francis Lawrence confirms ‘I Am Legend’ prequel
Monday, July 28, 2008 at 1:25PM | By Franck Tabouring 
Although Francis Lawrence attended this year’s San Diego Comic-Con to present NBC’s new series “Kings,” the director had plenty of other things to chat about. One of them was a prequel to “I Am Legend.”
According to ShockTillYouDrop.com, Lawrence is already working on ideas for a prequel to the recent big-screen adaptation of Richard Matheson’s famous novel. “We're trying to figure out some ideas for it, but yes, it would be a prequel,” he said.
In the article you can read here, Lawrence also briefly talked about what it’s like to shoot in New York City and how different the approach to designing the environment would be in a prequel.
“I Am Legend” took home about $256.3 million domestically, which is why this is no surprising news to me. I didn’t really enjoy the flick and don’t think the world needs a sequel or a prequel, but at least I’m glad Lawrence said Will Smith would be interested to reprise his role as Dr. Neville.
What do you guys think? Do you want to find out more about what happened before the beginning of “I Am Legend”? Or couldn’t you care less? Share your thoughts below.
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Reader Comments (5)
I think if you're going to base a film on a book, no matter how loosely, then you give up all rights to making a prequel or sequel in which the author did not intend.
I liked the movie fair enough, but would find another film on the subject mattter completely pointless.
Lawrence is a hack. I agree, the movie was terrible, but people seem to like Will Smith enough to suffer a terrible, terrible movie.
I think they should have a prequel or even a sequel to i am legend they can show how he trained the dog and failed experiments.or show how people get better but theres some that cant be cured.but i think a pre would be the best movie
I personally loved the film and would like to see a prequel.
i fOughT dA fiLm wAs aMazing, Da bEst fiLm i Av sEen....
i RaTe it 10 out 10
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