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Atmospheric Spy Pics From The NYC Set Of I AM LEGEND!!
Grandmaster B sent in some images from I AM LEGEND’s ultra-humongo NYC shoot. This marks the third run at bringing Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel to the big screen (including Vincent Price’s THE LAST MAN ON EARTH in 1964 and Charlton Heston’s THE OMEGA MAN in 1971). Kind of funny...they had to adapt the book three times before actually using the title of the book.
This time around, it’s Will Smith as directed by CONTSANTINE’s Francis Lawrence. This is the end of a long and winding developmental road for this project, which at one point had Ridley Scott directing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Grandmaster B sent in quite a few photos; we appreciate them very much. Some were snapped while on the run and were a bit blurry; I’ve presented the best of them here. I really like the first & final images – gives a good sense of the “weathering” of Neville’s world, and of the desolate feeling the film’s going for. Note the “dirty” appearance of cars, signage, etc. as well as the patches of grass growing around vehicles and whatnot.
Here’s Grandmaster B with a little bit more…
Grandmaster B here.
Got a nice little scoop for Harry
and Co. I live right near Herald Square and heard some awfully loud,
repetitious yelling over a bullhorn. My natural instincts led me to
think "hot damn, there's a movie shooting outside!" Sure enough, I
look out of my window and see a couple bad ass tanks and some humvees
sitting smack dab in front of Macy's. Surely they're not here to fend
off Labor Day sales shoppers.
I watch for a few minutes and see a red
and white-striped GT racing south down Avenue of the Americas followed
by a car with a camera crane attached. Both skid into a turn right
next to the tanks heading east on 34th. I head downstairs and it turns
out that they're shooting I Am Legend. I guess even in
post-apocalyptic New York Will Smith can still score a sweet ride.
From what I could see, they had at least two or three GT 500s laying
around. No doubt because the turn these things had to make came
AWFULLY close to the tanks. According to one of the PAs (and there are
nearly 100 of them involved with this scene), this movie is one of the
biggest shoots ever in NYC.
Today they started around 2 AM and have
blocked off something like six streets. They already did some shooting
the other day and will be doing some more around 11th later on, I
believe, but I couldn't get times and days.
A few of the shots you'll
see here are from my window. The others are from me walking around
(hence the blurriness) on the ground nearby. Every single one of the
cars you see parked off to the side of the road are props - notice the
fake patches of grass and dirt and grime on the cars in the closer
shots.
I should also mention that the Christmas decorations you see
are for the movie and not the result of lazy New Yorkers from last
December.
Enjoy!
- Grandmaster B
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ZOMBIES
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first bitches
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azo8heDmNoQ
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Will Smith will do to the original story of "I am Legend" in this movie exzctly what he did to "Irobot". Take a bigf shit in it's mouth and have more product placement per frame than any other movie in history. (except for Josie & The Pussycats".)
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I must admit when I first heard about Smith being in this movie, I wasn't too sure about it. However, I went back, rewatched Ali and even (yes...) Badboys (part 1 not 2) and I have to admit, I do think he'll be able to pull it off and make it good. I'm hoping the script is solid, the rest of the cast is decent and the storyline doesn't ponder about too much. Whilst I like Omega Man (Never saw the very original one...) I did think it kind of slow at times... the possibilities of what a man/or woman, could do in the world if they were the last one left? No repercussions? It boggles the mind...
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Stupid Labor Day beer.
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Now I'm gonna have to wait another 20-30 years for the next adaptation to get it right ...and they'll probably cast a Philipino midget as Neville.
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Stupid race to be "first" for once. End up being fifth. Like THAT'S a prize. mumblegrumblemumblegrumble....
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Will Smith? Are you kidding me with this???? Let me guess, he sees blood-sucking mutants driving the GT and exclaims, "Awwww HELL no! I have GOT to get me one of those!" And thus, Matheson gets anal-raped again.
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instead of a mustang GT. That would have been sweeeet.
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I really hope they keep the ending and not rewriting a happy ending. not sure about Will, but I'm sure he'll make it work.
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Wow,Neville drives a new Mustang? That's stupid.
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That this is 34th street. I've never seen it that empty before. Reminds me of the Vanilla Sky scene where Tom Cruise runs through Times Square.
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The script sucks so bad, this movie is going to suck so bad. Will Smith can't act dammit.
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Last guy on Earth. He can drive any car he wants... so he chooses a new Mustang? Not a cop car with great suspension, breaks and torque. Not a Lamboghini with it's insane speed and handling. No, you choose a Mustang. That's like saying "You can sleep with any woman in the world" and you choose Molly Ringwald over Scarlett Johansenn or Evangeline Lilly. Re-Tar-Ded. And that's the problem with copious amounts of product placement. They bring me out of the movie because they change the dynamics of the film's reality just to have a free advert for their product. Some product placements are subtle, and that's okay. A guy drinks a coke or there's a Budweiser sign in a bar. That's reality. Those things happen every day. But when an actor stops a scene to look into the camera and say "I gots to have my VINTAGE LEATHER CHUCK TAYLORS. 1995". Then you sound like a tool and the thin veil of the movie's reality is shredded for me.
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I love the orignal story. Will Smith is wrong for the part, and I doubt he took this movie to expand his range or to play off-type. Neville is supposed to be tough, but kind of quiet-tough, beaten down by the situation he finds himself in. I don't think he's supposed to be particularly young either. I don't think Will Smith could ever look world-weary enough. They'd better keep the ending the same, but I doubt they will. Though something tells me the creatures will all be wearing product-placement T-shirts and sneakers. Ironically, they'll keep the original title, but something tells me this will be the least faithful adaptation yet.
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oh well :P
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That shit's ubiquitous, yo!
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The Wicker Man REMAKE!
This movie will suck like Wicker did.
Why remake Wicker Man if you are going to not "better" it. Same with this. The story is classic. Unless they are remaking "Omega Man" which was bad in a good way (that me being a teen when I watched it). But they should call it Omega Man.
Am I the only "old timer" who used to act out movies and comics as a kid? This was one of my favorites. We'd always fight over who got to be Chuck Heston. Do kids still do that or do they just play video games?
Back to "I Am Legend"... one thing is for certain from these pics, there will plenty of kick backs from product placement. That may be why Hollywood doesn't care if anyone sees it. They get paid off by corporations. Same reason "Idiocracy" is being dumped. It's making fun of corporations.
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sheesh.
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Did they even read the book?
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Will smith is sporting about in a new Mustang battling Ray Ban wearing vampires to an upbeat rap music soundtrack. The movie should be a lot more somber than that.
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I find it hilarious that so many people are already bashing the movie based solely on some run-of-the-mill location shots. Let's at least wait until we see some actual footage of the film, okay?
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or this is going to suck like all that other turds
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I love everything Matheson has written, and am also hoping that Hollywood doesn't screw with his work any more than necessary.
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I remember reading a fantastic novel called I AM LEGEND... However, the scenery described there has NOTHING to do with these pictures, so I ask again, fellow talkbackers: WTF?
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Yep. Its gonna suck the big one.
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instead of pictures of cars?
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Since the title directly refers to the book's original ending, hopefully that means they've kept it for the movie.
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www.iamlegendfilm.com
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i never heard of it...
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Most of us bash because this movie's been planned for years with various scripts leaked. The original 1954 story had so much potential and I think what angers most is up to now you got 1 shot to make a movie. Having said that now, with our short attention span and hollywood greed, perhaps this can get remade. It was originally set in the 'burbs, not big city, with loads of social commentary like what is normal? I'm sure Smith will capture the fact that by fighting monsters Neville is himself becoming one but I like layers in my movies.
I have some of the scripts still. Mark Protosevich and John Logan. I think they are from at least 1997. I also have the OmegaMan script by John William Corrington from 1970. Could figure some way to repost them if they are not still available. My fingers are crossed with this one. Who put finishing touches on this script? -
I'm skeptical. Not bashing.
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Anyway we could contact that site and vote? Not that I really hate Will Smith "that much" but the ending has to be faithful! I hear Fantastic Four #2 is at least changing the look of Ben Grim and Doom because of the bitching by fans.
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This movie could really go either way. I bought the book years ago and I've seen the original two movies (actually I own the Vincent Price one, it's said to be the inspiration for Romero's "Dead" zombies), and neither one is all that great. Hopefully this will be rated R and actually follow more closely to the book than the elder pics. Then again this could just be I Robot - part deux.
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Thanks, but I'll pass. I don't need to see him shucking and jiving his way through another movie that might have been decent if they'd cast someone who could actually act. Fucking parents just don't understand and neither do casting directors apparently.
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I read a reliable script review that mentioned Nevilles neighbor was written out. Goldsman such a jackass imo.
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One Battle. One Game. One Movie to see it all happen. Will Smith. Sean Penn. And Dakota Fanning in.....I AM LEGEND SAM
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but instead he's alive and making some money I hope.
I just was at IMDb looking up I Am Legend and saw this.... they are remaking his The Incredible Shrinking Man and it's to be directed by... Keenen Ivory Wayans and produced by Brian Glazer.
Legend is being directed by some music video guy and credited as being written by it's producer Akiva Goldsman. Goldsman is also producing "Tonight, He Comes" with Will Smith. Goldsman also wrote the classic dialog for "I, Robot, Lost in Space, Batman & Robin, Da Vinci Code as well as Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man. Migh have been nominated for Oscars for last two. Beautiful Mind was with Glazer which in a way creates a 6 Degrees of Will Smith. SCARY. Buh bye. No more posts for me! -
This film will have absolutely nothing to do with the novel it was supposedly based on? Wow this sucks. Why can't a faithful adaptation of that awesome book ever be made?
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heylllllllll naw this film will be a total piece of shit! gimmie some of dat legendary suggah, biyatch! what a disaster. FUCK will smith!
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Oh holy shit. Goldsman wrote this? Wow. This just got dumped to total shit-bomb status.
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This will be a train-wreck. And because of it none of us will ever get to see a good movie adaptation of this story in our lifetimes.
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IIRC, he did, so a Shelby Cobra GT isn't breaking new ground. Smith is totally wrong for the part, though.
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Ah Sweet Jesus!!! I can't even say anything except WILD WILD WEST!! Gee I hope he has some funny oneliners!!!
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This is one of the best stories ever written for the genre. A defining classic. I really hope they do not kill it the way they did with I,Robot (which in itself was a watch-able movie, but has very little to do with the original). This movie has to be truly reflective of the book itself. Neville's neighbour is a key part of this story. The paranoid, scared-and-fearless, creative and constantly adaptive nature is critical. Heck, the introspective nature of Neville is key and leads to one of the greatest endings in this genre. Please don't Will-Smith-ize the ending and crush this legendary story.
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Nicely done.. Nie job with the article. 34th Street definitely reminds me of Times Sq from Vanilla Sky. Heck, I wish it was like this the next time I have to hit the subway in NYC.
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you want to ruin a fantastic book? Fine! Go ahead! JUST FUCKING CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE! I bet the argument is that they don't want to call it 'The Omega Man' cause everyone will bash it for being a remake. FUCK YOU GOLDMAN! FUCK YOU WILL SMITH! & FUCK YOU RANDOM MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR GUY WHO I CAN'T BE ARSED TO REMEMBER YOUR NAME! It's cause of shit like this I barely go to the cinema, I barely care about Hollywood. I thank every deity under the sun that there are decent , original, fun, thought-provoking films coming from hundreds of countries that don't crowbar in "AIN'T THIS COUNTRY OF OUR'S GREAT? WITH OUR HUNDREDS OF PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY IN OUR THOUSANDS OF SHOPPING MALLS?!" into nearly every single God-Damn film!! AAAAGGHHH!
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Smith is a good actor... but considering he consistently chooses to work with "filmmakers" like Francis "Who?" Lawrence when he's had ample notice from real directors like Michael Mann and Robert Redford, he deserves no sympathy. When you're remaking a fucking Charleton Heston movie... well, that pretty much says it all.
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"Cast Away" than "Independance Day".
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I never read the original novel,but saw Omegaman on cinemax (few years back)which was an instant scifi dystopian classic.
I'd rather see a remake of this and recast the flick I.E. getting rid of will shit. he was great in six degrees of seperation, but post independance day his dialogue has gotten worse and worse as if he's a parady of himself. gimmie an unknown actor to portray OM and include that song from The Police (sting and summers must have been fans of the movie to come up with those post apocalypsesque lyrics .great song!!) There was even talk of the third blade movie having a plot simular to the I am legend's premise,but goyer fucked up and gave us some lame ass nightstalkers vs "disco drac" plot.
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If the movie's done right, that is. So much of the movie (hopefully) relies on an actor who has keep it going and keep our attentions all by himself. That's legendary charisma + the ability to talk to himself without seeming alien. Jim Carrey's too goofy. Tom Hanks already did CAST AWAY. Will Smith is far and away ahead of the rest of the short list of potentials.
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That's a 500hp Shelby GT500, large, heavy, almost as fast as anything he would find and very reliable. Actually, it's a great choice for this sort of duty.
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new trailer
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Sure, there are a few actors I'd have picked before Smith, but this isn't a deal breaker for me. Was the car that Heston drove in Omega Man the BEST, most LOGICAL choice for an automobile? Nah. Was the truck that Neville drove in the book that, either? Nope. Sure, that leaked script that made the rounds on the internets a few years back really sucked, but if you believe that script is the same, untouched, that they're using now, you have an incredibly naive and stunted understanding of how scriptwriting in the current studio system works. Let's see the vampires. Let's leak the actual shooting script. Let's see a trailer. Then I'll judge. You motherfuckers are stretching, looking for any little thing to nitpick.
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Who's playing Ben Cortman? Is he even in the film?
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If you're gonna plug your short film to the world, you might wanna clean it up a bit. There are a couple points of messy editing that sort of break the atmosphere of the piece.
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has one fucking character he plays in every movie. Smart mouth trying to be cool/hip black dude. That's it. That's all he's got, PERIOD. This is gonna suck a lot of ass.
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kintar0, I believe he WAS written out (?) Not sure where the review I read was posted...
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that Matheson did not set I AM LEGEND in New York City. The story took place in a nameless suburb. Couple this with the cool looking but puzzling edition of the Mustang and you have here something that will have very little to the with the original novella. Why even call it I AM LEGEND? Just call it OMEGA MAN-THE REMAKE or VAMPIRE KILLER.
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that the movie will keep the book's original ending, particularly for a big summer studio blockbuster. Studio suits would think it's too downer or too complex. Idiots.
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Damn typos.
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Guns n' Roses' "Chinese Democracy", "Duke Nukem Forever" and a month after the next Indiana Jones film. Seriously, I've been hearing about this for well over a decade now. The Simpsons even did 2 or 3 takes on it in their Halloween episodes.
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You GODDAMN RIGHT ABOUT THAT! I also think this should be a hard CAST AWAY horror kinda movie. Not the ENEMY OF THE STATE vibe I'm getting here.
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that is all.
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Be specific.
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try to type like they think black people sound. It's hilarious. Please don't stop.
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I mean, yeah it's empty and they've damaged some cars to show aging but an empty city street isn't that big a piece of news. http://k105.blogspot.com/
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why is there never any news on this site?
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!! NO NO NO MOTHERFUCKER NO!!!! GODFUCKINGDAMNIT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGH GH GH GH GH ACK ACK
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I Am Legend is one of the greatest horror novels EVER! Now it's going to be a vehicle for Will Smith to spit crummy one-liners by a brain dead screenwriter. It makes me sick. The only good thing that can come out of this is that I Am Legend will be discovered by new readers and they in turn will read more works by master Richard Matheson. If you haven't read I Am Legend or anything by Matheson, run out and get some today.
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Although he did an impersonation of Ali, rather than in interpretation. It could have had more emotional depth. But will Smith in serious science fiction movies is AWFUL. He sucked in Independence Day and he sucked in I Robot. He was good in Men in Black because he was supposed to be funny. But when asked to play a role with more depth, like in I Robot, he can't do it. I hope he proves me wrong on Legend, but I have low expectations. I hope he realizes that he can't get away with an unrealistic performance like Charlton Heston did. This is a different time, and actors need to deliver more realism. And you need realism in science fiction for the story to be more believable. I don't think Smith has what it takes. His acting is just too immature and shallow.
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And this version won't top it in any way, shape or form. Bad casting. Bad movie, bad BAD movie!
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I wouldn't see this if it was the last film on earf.
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i wonder if the new version will be less boring than the original.
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any day of the week. though, johansen is--pardon the pun--tits in that category. have you seen ringwald? she is more stunning today than she was 20 years ago.
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that car is total bollocks. he needs one with a lot of room in the trunk. in the original he used a big old herse looking station wagon.
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As soon as I saw the frickin' go-faster-stripes on that firckin' super-shiny car my heart sank. I love this book and it'll make a great film one of these days (I don't count the Omega Man) but this ain't gonna be it. Neville don't care about what kind of car he has - it was all about functionality, surviving, not looking cool!!! What's he gonna do, pick up chicks and show off to guys who can't afford one like his?!! I bet it has a crap soundtrack too, and I can just hear Trailer Guy now...'He's the only guy left on earth...and he's about to get even!' Garrrrrrr. Get Ridley back and an actor like Bana or Crowe, then I'll give you my
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I agree. Read the book guys and you won't be disapointed. It is one of the few books I have sat down and read in one sitting. The book is a great horror story but also about American society and the way what is normal can become abonormal. The hero thinks he is the the one 'normal' man on earth until he eventually realises that perhaps he has become the monster he thought he was fighting. I don't want to spoil the ending in case you do read it (or, God forbid!) they keep it in the film, but when he looks at all the mutants and declare 'Now I am legend' it sent a shiver down my spine. Hollywood is scared of down beat endings but they can make a film a classic. Just look at Wicker Man. That is a great fiilm because of the shocking and horrifying ending.
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And weren't they called something along the lines of 'Blade, etc?' Ha...really, though...I read a version of the script that was around a while back and it was pretty cool - very actiony and geared up for Arnold. But it wasn't Matheson's classic novella about being absolutely, utterly alone either - not by a long shot. Pity, but there could be a few tricks up the old sleeve - Constantine wasn't nearly Hellblazer, but it wasn't pure shite either...we'll just have to see the film I guess.
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...just please don't keep trying to remind us of the fact in every scene in this film. BTW, I don't remember the bit in the book where he goes to New York. Why does it have to be like this? What was wrong with the suburban setting. Made things seem more claustrophobic and eerie. It worked. So instead not only do we have Will Smith (remember he's black), we have the mustang and we have New York fucking city. Gotta appeal to the kids! You know it really surprises me how few truly good directors there are in the world. Literally you could count them on both hands.
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Constantine was pure shite! so Will this.
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will smith = pwned.
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So it will be more Omega Manish. I'm sure the "I AM LEGEND" music videos and rap soundtrack will kick ass. Wikki wikki wack top ten crap.
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To go from elation at realising they're adapting I Am Legend that I just read recently (never saw the previous adaptations), only to read and see all that I've read and seen, and plumb the depths of depression. :(
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Please.
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Will Smith in Ali is one of my favourite all time performances along with peter 'o Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, Albert Finney in Saturday night, Sunday Morning, Gene Hackman in Unforgiven, Russel Crowe in Gladiator, Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Jennifer jason Leigh in Last Exit to Brooklyn, Sigourney Weaver in Aliens, William Holden in Network and Robert De Niro in Heat (that's in no particular order, they're just the ones that really left a last impression on me).
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As has been mentioned, the script has been knocking around for years, (and pimped for some reason on this site as one of the best unproduced scripts ever) the problem is it's awful, the ending of the book in which the whole point, poignancy, and social commentary is encapsulated was of course ditched for a big explosive ho-ra Hollywood ending. Awful
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...than the other Matheson hot property to be directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans and written by somebody who used to write for the Russ Abbott Show!!!!! AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
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Or what even is this about? Its Neville holed up in his fortified home trying to avoid his business partner Cortman and a horde of the undead trying to coax him out by any means necessary "Come out, Neville!!"
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This will be worse than I,Robot.
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Bashing this film even before they finished making it? Too Right!! This guy made such a crap job of directing Constantine that for me, this film has No Hope written all over it. Constantine was nothing like the comic.A waste of a great opportunity. Add to that Will Smith is involved, this film has shite written all over it. Man, what a waste.
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He needs to survive in a city of plague vampires - but he takes Saturdays off to wax and detail his car? OK that's nitpicky.
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I like to give movies-in-progress the benefit of the doubt, but I don't recall a trip to New York in a shiny new car avoiding the military? I *do* remember a trip to the library in a busted-ass station wagon he kept running as best he could. Unless those vehicles are abandoned suggesting the army failed in stopping the undead...could work then. Not sure how many corpses he's going to fit in that car though.
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with Will Smith. Goldsman and Smith need to create some other property to fuck up. I Am Legend will never get a faithful adaptation as long as Hollywood keeps trying to make it a hip and flashy post-apocalyptic movie. It's also kind of funny that a guy who sucks as a writer keeps using a guy who can't act. I mean Goldsman helped kill the Batman franchise and look how long it took to recover. He shouldn't even be working.
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Who's it going to be, fucking Eva Longoria? If she isn't naked, who gives a fuck what comes out of her mouth??
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or the New York City location. I realize the car is fast but, c'mon, it's not exactly the most functional choice for Neville's world.
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...who keep giving Akiva Goldsman work? A Beautiful Mind is the only thing he's done that's even tolerable. Between him and Francis Lawrence, this thing will almost certainly be a shit sandwich. I hope i'm wrong, but I doubt I will be. Apparently they just HAD to rewrite Mark Protosevich's script... Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB motherfuckers.
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Sorry, it had to be said for the TFers nuts.
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How hard can it be? Evidently, simple is complex in teh movie biz. Plus, the original story was set in the Los Angeles area, not New York. "Last Man" and "Omega Man" were both moody and atmopsheric. This looks like a carnival ride.
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Doens't anyone, ANYONE! have the cajones to just say enough of this Hollywood glossing over of great stories like Matheson's I Am Legend and do an honest to goodness translation that truly captures the atmosphere intended by this writer? Will Smith in a shiny, red Mustnag GT? You studio execs just have to play up the "cool" factor to make it palatable to Gen Y, don't you? Frickin' MTV...
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It's early and I'm not spell checking...
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Would have made a great Neville.
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And the car pissed me off at first, but then I rememberd Omega Man and how he was basiaclly trying to live like a badass even though he was the only one around. So I can see Will Smith going the same route.
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Russell Crowe/Eric Bana
Directed by Micheal Mann or Robert Zemeckis or even Clint Eastwood Script by David Peoples. Character with the essence of Bill from Unforgiven meets Neil from heat and Hanks from Cast Away. hmm.. Cronenberg would certainly do this one well.
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I read an older draft, and it's not gonna get any better. They rewrote a happy ending onto it.
At least they replaced the Hummer (no kidding) with another equally obnoxious modern car.
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Well the Hellblazer movie had a cope out, changed-from-the-source ending, as well as being crap, so hopes aint that high...
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Almost anyone would have made a better Neville.
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Will smith is no neville.
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I'm gonna be real pissed. Not much more than I am now, though.
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I predict the soundtrack single will be based on a looped sample of "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" by The Charlie Daniels Band.
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Thanks for backing me up, pammybabe. It's good to know that a babe agrees with me on this. Everyone should read Matheson's short stories too. They're terrific.
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Another great book pissed on.
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...would have made a better Neville.
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at this point, other than Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3, isn't really looking any better than the wretched one that just passed. Ah well. I think that the holiday movie season is becoming the new Summer movie season anyway.
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Hollywood, you're going to have to do a lot better then Akiva Goldsman is capable. I mean what kind of dick did this guy suck in order to get his next writing gigs? Sorry, but this adaptation angers me mightly!
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Much like "Lord of the Rings," it would be impossible to film the book exactly as it is written (at least, not without relying on a voice-over throughout the movie). The unfortunate thing is that instead of trying to adapt the story while retaining Matheson's themes, the studio seems to be pushing "I Am Legend" to be more of an action movie (which, despite scenes of blood and violence, the book most certainly is NOT). If the rumors here are true, and the Ben Cortman really is written out, then the movie just lost its most interesting character.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they are changing the book's ending. (I know the previous script did.) The book is very low on dialogue, it doesn't take place in NYC, and is mostly a one-person character piece. The ending is what makes it so good because it does something mainstream movies never, ever do--it makes everything the hero's been doing look bad. The hero, in the end, fails. (I'm trying to be vague for those who resisted the spoiler alert.) Someone suggested Mann and Eastwood as having the right touch for this--if only Peckinpah in Straw Dogs mode could have taken a crack. In the end, the hero makes a choice and the book ends on a massive bummer I can't see them choosing for the movie, especially not a Will Smith movie. The hero must be RIGHT and must WIN in these massive budget things, and Smith isn't going to jeopardize his box office standing with a dark, slow character piece. I don't know who I'd pick for the role--Aaron Eckhart (sp?)?
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Taco Hell in Demolition Man. "In the future all restraunts are Taco Bell." I can't believe that put that line in a movie...any movie...ever.
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I'd wager he gets to "You did NOT just do that shit!" first.
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And I have serious doubts about this project. Will Smith is just WRONG for it. We're going to have the Vampire Rap at the closing credits, we're going to get "Oh no you didn't just try'n bite my ass!" and we're going to get something that is basically "I, Robot" but with vampires instead of robots. They should have stuck to the book, cast Michael Wincott as Neville, and fergoshsakes stop trying to appeal to the teenagers!!! I love this book- Why can't anybody treat it with the same kind of respect Peter Jackson gave to Lord of the Rings? Hell, I'd settle for the respect given to Harry Potter or Roger Rabbit, instead of another Will Smith action bonanza.
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please just go away, will smith, PLEASE!!!
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This story is revered as one of the great classics of the genre. You can take the greedy way, slap some 1/2 wit talents to it and make a few bucks opening weekend and then it will die and take with it any chance of this being made again for 30 years...or, you can scrap it, take your lumps, eat your pride and put together the director and cast to make this one for the history books. Make this film as it was written. No Will Smith, no video director. Do not make this as scripted with the cast and director in place. This is a geek movie, and to be treated with respect. Disrespect it at your peril. It will not succeed and get a bad rap before it even opens. Be wise, this could be your ticket to hollywood glory or just another in a list of rushed movies that is damned before it even opens.
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Neville and Damien Lewis from "Band of Brothers" as Bud Cortman. 'Nuff said.
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all up in my face!....yo....
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I don't know if you are trying to suggest racism is behind this Will Smith bashing but you are missing the point. The original character in the book was an everyday white collar Joe who happened to find himself the last unmutated man on Earth. He was portrayed as an ordinary man who only became immune through a bizzare incident from his Army days. He kills mutants but he doesn't do it with a BFG gun and a cheeky quip and then escape in a souped up supercar but in an almost methodical way. The book is set in the suberbs and show how two neighbours who, before the virus came, were just typical guys who passed plesantries on their way to work but suddenly became deadly enemies. For the story to work as in the book, whoever plays him need to retain this. I have nothing against Will Smith but he doesn't play this sort of character. The worry is that a perfectly good story will get changed to suit his acting style and this will ruin the whole film.
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just a normal day in NYC shurley?
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Good call, lady, you summed up what's wrong with this movie perfectly. I also agree with you, thevision, Damian Lewis would be grand as Cortman. And why do we need loads of dialogue? It's pretty obvious what's going on without needing a voice over - one normal guy against a bunch of vampire-zombie-mutant type things, trying to stay alive - plus there are those flashbacks that will fill in the back story for those who need it (and I bet those flashbacks will now be much longer and feature a bit of lovin' between Smith and his gorgeous wife before she goes...well). I remember hearing about some war film that was on the cards, where there would be no dialogue and SURPRISE, it didn't get made. Come on, Hollywood, have some balls, we're not all idiots you know.
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"I make this look gooood."
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The credits on IMDB still list the Protosevitch screenplay in the credits, rewritten by Goldsman. That was the one floating around, not sure if it was the only one. That's the one I read. It was bad.
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Unfortunately the point that Mr. Smith *could* play a no-nonsense average joe struggling for survival doesn't mean that the script for this has that kind of character written in for him. Based on these pics, the other action movies Goldsman has written, and Smith's usual acting MO, I am very doubtful right now that they went that direction and think fans of the book are largely justified in their criticism.
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Panterarocks, I fully understand your situation, as the Hasselhoff videos totally knocked me off my ass as well. However, once you sober up a little, you will find that basically the problem I see does not lie with Smith's abilities, but with how this movie appears to have been written.
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If he can give a pretty good performance in a movie, Running Scared, then truly anything is possible. At this moment I am looking outside my window for flying pigs. Actually Pantera, the only thing Running Scared is proof of is a director who knows how to use Walker in a film. Usually Walker does just as good an impression of a tree as both Keanu Reeves and Orlando Bloom, but the RS director pulled a good performance out of the guy. Go figure. Stranger things have happened.
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Fair enough. I haven't seen Ali so I can't comment on his performance. As Cholera's Ghost has already pointed out though, the presence of the souped up car, the locations and the fact the script was written by Goldsman does not bode well. I really hope i'm wrong though and it stays true to the book and Will Smith gives the kind of understated, downbeat performance this film needs. Hollywood needs to realise that books like this are classics exactly because they already have great plots and characters and therefore they shouldn't need to be changed. PS. The BFG was originally in the first Doom game but has since become a by word for any ridiculously large and powerful weapon. I was using it in this context.
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Yawn.
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I'm usually the optimus (pun and incorrect spelling intended), but I have to say that Will Smith is just wrong for this part. Hugh Jackman would have been great, BUT the best casting would have been Arnold with Ridley Scott directing. Arnold should have made another Heston movie remake with Planet of the Apes with James Cameron directing. I like Will Smith, but he's just become so one note. I'm not looking forward to his wise cracks. As far as the online script goes, toss it. It's been totally rewritten. This was one movie I've been waiting a LOOONG time to see, but now it's kind of dead in my eyes. Hopefully they prove me wrong.
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You can find it here... as well as other places. Shitty ass formatting though. I'd suggest cop y and paste and then reformat in word or someplace. http://www.einsiders.com/iscoop/scripts.php
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Get a grip on yourselves. THIS IS A MOVIEW OF A STORY. That's all it is, if you think it's going to be Crap then fine, that's your perogative, so don't go and see it. No problem there, noone is forcing you to go, no one is taking your money.
As for all this "Will Smith Sucks" garbage....again, if you don't like the guys acting, don't go and see his movies. Not everything in the world has to have som socio economic message for the masses. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT, that's all it is. If you want messages with your movies, go to an arthouse cinema or something.
Some of the comments on here are nothing more than vicious personal attacks on a man who has (as far as I'm aware) done nothing to you guys apart from make some films/ records/ tv programmes that somehow manage to inflame your overegalitarian tastes.
Jesus H Christ, just get a grip, get a life and grow the fuck up!
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