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Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel

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kushiro
07/10/09

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So, essentially Will Smith said, "Write me another movie to put one of my precious kids in. Oh, yeah, and she's been bugging me about going to England, so work that in there somewhere."
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Demonbird
07/10/09

@kushiro:

I will not pay tpo see any movie with his children in it. No more talentless forced legacy actors.

They shouldn't have touched my beloved Karate Kid.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/10/09

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So Disney meets The Stone Raft?
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noamjamski
07/10/09

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They could also try a wacky alternate version of I Am Legend which....I don't know...actually adapts the book! Vampires *are* after all cool again.

Was I the only person who thought the I Am Legend film more closely adapted and borrowed ideas from World War Z?
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transbastard
07/10/09

@noamjamski: Why does Hollywood not get that it is the ending that makes the book a classic?

"Here is a book with some cultural staying power, so to make it a success we should remove everything special about it. Another brilliant idea! Now to the nose powder for inspiration!"
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noamjamski
07/10/09

@transbastard: Totally. Matheson put all of his Twilight Zone script writing to good use with that twist ending the movie completely chose to ignore. If the monsters are the real monsters all you have is a shitty flick that irresponsibly promotes use of Bob Marley to children.
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cletar
07/10/09

@noamjamski: You're not the only one.
The Will Smith thing was a remake of the Omega Man, anyhow, not an attempt to adapt I Am Legend--I don't know why they didn't just call it "Omega Man." I think a vampiresque quasi-faithful version of the book might have done better, anyhow.
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noamjamski
07/10/09

@cletar: Yeah, I didn't mind the filmmakers modernizing the setting and plot for the Will Smith film. My issue was that they butchered and jettisoned the spirit and themes of the original work which I thought were very powerful.

At least there was the amazing and faithful Vincent Price version, "the Last Man on Earth."

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Earth-Vincent-Price/dp/B000WC3A0I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247263472&sr=8-1
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tetracycloide
07/10/09

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i repectfully dissagree that a dumbed down niccol story is better than i was legend before i was legend. one could have been something great, the other could never have been anything other than what it was, which makes the former much more depressing than the latter.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
07/10/09

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I'm guessing the family circumstance that's keeping them apart is that he's a freaking street magician.
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tetracycloide
07/10/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: it could be worse, he could be a street mime.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
07/10/09

@tetracycloide: But since Manhattan would more likely drift into France rather than England, I think that would actually be better.
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Dunny0
07/10/09

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In the rewrite, as Manhattan breaks away and drifts across the pond, it's filled with zombie unicorns that the little girl must tame in order to set her father free from... Um... Will Smith.
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AngryEddy
07/10/09

@Dunny0: Any movie with zombie unicorns would be instant win.
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Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
07/10/09

@Dunny0: My name is Will Smithe and if you hear this. Then you are alive.
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The Curse of Millhaven
07/10/09

@Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.:
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cletar
07/10/09

@The Curse of Millhaven: "Next week, on a very special episode of 'Zombie Unicorn Island...'"
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