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Words - Big Words & a Bad Boys Sky signal the coming of I AM LEGEND!
Hey folks, Harry here... I'm a huge fan of Richard Matheson's book, I AM LEGEND - which has been turned into cinema twice before. 1st in the Vincent Price art-horror film THE LAST MAN ON EARTH which tonally totally captures the atmosphere of the story. Then most famously in THE OMEGA MAN starring Charlton "pry my semi-automatic out of my cold dead hand" Heston as the last man on Earth. However - for years - pretty much since the beginning of Aint It Cool News - we've been reporting on the various developments of a brilliant script by Mark Protosevich for I AM LEGEND. Developed for two stars... first for Arnold. Then for Will Smith. Now we have the director of CONSTANTINE - a film that I did enjoy, though I felt it was a bit silly. This isn't a poster for anyone's wall. It's pure advertising. And it's bland. The sad part of the poster is that there's nothing legendary about this poster for I AM LEGEND. Here it is... a larger version is available by clicking on the below poster. I hear the trailer is hitting online tonight - and probably going out on every print of OCEAN'S 13.
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I was expecting something a bit more...well...something.
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that fucking (first)sucks!!
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Needs more robots.
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Cool. Good news to my ears. John Hurt joins the cast too. Shaping up nicely, Blanchett, Winstone, Hurt.
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There Are Also Three Birds With Him!
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this looks shitty
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Why don't studios actually make an effort with their teaser? Why the thrown together photoshop thing? I'd like to see more portraits used for teasers - get real photographers and create something with a little more effort. Just check out the poster for Anton Corbijn's Control or the picture on the website...just beautiful. I get the feeling I Am Legend isn't going to be a subtle piece of work but it seems so lazily put together.
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Jaden?
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I'm super hoping this is done well. Smith is fun to watch when he has something to do, and killing creatures of the night is always fun.
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I am also a fan of the Richard Matheson book and I have both the Vincent Price and Heston film versions on DVD. Sadly those two films never really captured the book's feelings of danger, loneliness and despair of the source material. With the casting of Will Smith for the new "I am Legend" movie there is little hope for a nuanced film that conveys the gravity of the novel. It will just be gunfire, explosions, and one-liners...sigh.
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I think Will Smith will do fine and the Constantine director will do great. I look forward to this film. Should be fun.
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I have no hope for this flick. Sad, so sad . . .
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Kind've odd to see them recycle it like that. I always thought they wanted to distance themselves from that version.
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hopefully the teaser trailer will make up for the crappy poster...looking forward to seeing the trailer online tonight
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Jun 07, 2007 2:48:54 PM CDT
This poster sucks PLUS plagiarizes The Island's
by the artist fka vesuvio
By the way, Connery or nothing. I hate when they change a character´s actor from movie to movie, except when it is really necessary (Holmes for Gyllenhall in Dark Knight, for instance.. plus, those chicks looks identical anyway.)
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made me late to class several times. Can't walk through the park my ass. Jerks.
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Jun 07, 2007 2:50:21 PM CDT
WHY THE LAST MAN ON EARTH HAS CHOSEN HD-DVD....
by greigy just wanted to say
BECAUSE HIS DEAD MYSPACE FRIENDS SAID IT WAS OKAY.... THERE'D BE NO ONE TO LAUGH AT HIM...!!!!
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It was up on apple but now it says page not found :(
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just about now. although link isn`t working
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And there should be 0 friends. Shit, I could be a marketing person!
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Definitely want to check out the two earlier films, though
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they don't even really need one. It could have just said "I Am Legend" and have him by himself. I think the tag lne ruins it.
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Batman Begins with the orange sky!!! And Harry this news are way too late. All the sites have this shit 5 hours ago!!!!!
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"Kick That KV" (name of the virus in the movie)? "I Am Legend, Hear Me Soar"? Or "This Paycheck Is Delicious"?
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It's clear that this movie is being sold on Will Smith's name alone (which history tells is is not a bad idea). So why's he so damn tiny in the poster? I have to imagine Will's a bigger draw than big fucking letters.
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Harry's HD-DVD collection..?
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Comedy Sci-Fi is a genre that should die.
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The Pursuit Of Vampyness
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Terrible poster. I hope they stayed true to Matheson's short story, including the bleak ending (and thus the story and movie's title).
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In fact, I kinda like it.
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...but no one will admit it because it's not true to the original. Oh well, I'll let myself like it if it's good, purist whiners be damned.
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who gives a shit about this piece of cinematic merde?
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I heard it was good. And I heard Will Smith was good in the Muhamed Ali film. This is one of the films that I might see if it's still playing in February and EVERYONE says it rocks.
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He could do the sadness and the badassness.
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Personally I hate this self referential crap. Here, I ran it through some filters I borrowed from CSI so you can make it out.
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BORING. Also, I'm SO sick of Will Smith saving the planet. And I guarantee that Will will be face to face with death in this movie yet he'll still have the time to utter "Oh, Hell NAW" or "Your Breath Stank".
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I AM LEGEND is my favorite book. The casting of Will Smith is the biggest kick in the balls from the entertainment industry since...well...ever! I freaking hate it. I'm so sick of the cookie cutter movie industry! I used to have the Sopranos to fall back on, but that all ends after Sunday...
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Yes, he has said black slangish phrases in movies. Well whoopdee fuckin doo. He was great in Pursuit (the movie was so-so) he was good in Ali, he has the chops, he just needs to use them. From the split second ad for an ad I saw for this last night on ET this looks dark, and he looks pretty morose so he probably won't be rapping and saying fo-sheezy.
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will smith is not the last man, dj jazzy jeff should pop around halfaway through the film. That jazz is always funny when he gets thrown through the front door of the banks household. if carlton is in it doing his dance i'll watch for sure.
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in the direct-to-dvd market is Mary Shelley's "The Last Man". Based on the same story with lots of shootouts, gore and misery...And no Will Smith one liners! Look for it in November. You won't believe what this production pulled off on a low budget.
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With a tag line like that who can resist?
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It's called the Withstandinator ... it can survive a 6 megaton blast -- no more, no less
I stand by my ethnic slur!
But Aquaman, you can not marry a woman without gills! You're from two different worlds! ... Oh I've wasted my life
Ooh a Gary Larson calendar. I don't get it. Don't get it. I don't ... get it.
What's with all the death?
Oh no, a coffin!
Die you ghouls!
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was actually much better than I thought it would be. It wasn't overly preachy or heavyhanded and really gave a feel for the time and place. I wonder if the same people complaining about Will Smith's 'catch phrases' complained about 'I'll be Back' or 'Yippee-caya Mother-----!" Probably not. I guess those were white enough for them.
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Come on, give him a big ass gun or something. He looks like he's on his way to a script meeting or something, not fending off mutant vampires.
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It's a man-bag, or euro-bag if you prefer. Oh yeah, and December of what year?
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even my little sister is laughing. And yeah she is reading all the shit you are posting these days.
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"Hey guys lets copy the marketing of a giant flop."
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could be an alternate title
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...is a crippled bald brother walking in front of the Hollywood sign.
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Thumbs up.
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...and he'd best get used to it.
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Not being disrespectful to the brothers an' all, but this sheet sucks the Empire State
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Smith looks like he's headed out for some coffee from Starbucks or something. The "Last Man" alive should look gnarlier. Give him an assult rifle and a mangy-looking dog companion or something.
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He has a German Shepherd. They should've called it "A Man And His Dog."
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Im excited for this, but NYC should have looked a touch more post-apocalyptic. Its way too clean. I know there were no bombs, its just a plague, but the poster needs to look creepy. This looks like a Gap ad. And if this is after a nuclear war then they should have some buildings looking dillapitated. My 2 cents. Still looking forward to this, but a lame teaser poster never the less.
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...despite the generic teaser poster.
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he has 3 birds with him so he's not alone.
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a man purse? There is no way to run with those things that isn't cumbersome in some way. New title: I am Metro
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noone, he's the fucking last man on Earth.I do agree that this is a lame uninspired poster though.Harry - Heston quip - not funny
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who thinks this looks badass? That tagline is awesome. The aloneness of Smith walking, alone, is alonely awesome. Its gonna be hot.
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that Protosevich script been out there for years, I am sure just about everyone on here has read it, and it pretty much sucked. I hope they did some serious work on that thing. I really doubt they'll stick to the book ending, but they need something better than the sad excuse for an ending that script had.
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gangland style...
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Suck. This film was a mistake from the getgo with Smith in it. Didn't anyone learn from the mistake that was I Robot???
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from New York ...meehhhhhh
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I'm tired of apologists. Did you read the book? Or the fucking screenplay by Harlan Ellison? I love Alex Proyas to death, but that was a genuinely awful movie and a total departure from a book that could have easily translated into a "2001" classic. Now Will Smith is shitting on another classic.
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That there's no big willie style in this film... Smith must realise that he needs to break that stereotype. That's not to say that the film will be good... just that I doubt it will have big willie style.
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Would of made this film great,now we get stuck with big willie,this films gonna suck.
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Who is seeing films with this guy in them??? Will stay away!!! He is gonna ruin another classic story, again!!!
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Will Smith asks rhetorically, "Oh, so it's gonna be like that?" at least once in this movie? Hmmm? Give me the odds.
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No, no, it's European!
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looks pretty badass! damn that boy is frickin ripped!
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i found out that mr smith was playing Neville.....the dude who suggested Sutherland..good fuckin call!! ill still see it, but it aint gonna be like mathesons book at all...but if we get the hard drinking, suicidal, stake making dude for a few moments on screen, ill be happy
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It's just a fuckin' movie...go out sometime and deal with real issues...and, oh, get laid once in a while...
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this thing looks stupid stupid STUPID! Grass growing in Times Square, animals roaming around the city, only one to survive is the FRESH PRINCE yo. Lets me drive mys new Mustang around the city and see what beeotch done this around heres. WHATEVER
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Look at the poster a bit longer. doesnt it grow on you? doesnt it say "end of the word." cmon, look into your heart and ask it what it thinks of the poster. you know what it will say?...... fill in the blanks, how the fuck should i know? but seriously, you guys got a problem with a guy carryin a big? or lookin grungy? hes "almost" the last guy on the planet, might as well be comfortable. guess will smith prefers the college look.. but again, the poster shows a lot of promise. study it a bit longer, you might figure it out.
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http://tinyurl.com/2lh9dk
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I will be very soon on that same link.
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horrible, just, horrible. for anyone who read the book and enjoyed as much as i did, this is truly a major disappointment.
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At the apple.
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since when does a cut off NY support a population of deer?
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The trailer looks like they've made a fun movie.
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I just imdb'd that director. He's just done music videos and Constantine! Who gives these fools cinema? why?
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seem to be taking themselves too seriously but in the cheesiest way. I loved both former versions. (spoilers) Somehow I went for the kitschy zombies even more than the old school vampires but here I can't tell what's going on. And I mean I guess they have to do that but without having read anything about this version, I can't tell what's going on here. Is him being the only person left interesting enough for people who don't know what has happened in the previous two versions?
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Surely that's what they mean when they say he's not alone. Or at least Carlton or Uncle Phil.
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You are so correct - MNight & Giamatti should have done this movie. The movie is about atmosphere, about character and about the relentless mind-fcking aspects on both sides of the battle. Stark imagery, mental skull fcking bland shots, pale hopelessness music are what this movie needs - not a big movie star and a huge f'n budget to create super fancy special effects. And one thing I disagree - you could, you could call the ending a 'twist' of sorts. Its such a great book. Lends itself to being made into a movie by a movie lover. Not for H'wood hacks and Soccer Moms to take a bunch of kids.
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This should have been Mel Gibson's first nonPassion acting role and maybe even directing job. Not to be confusing, i mean I know he wasn't in the Passion but you know what I mean. What I'm saying is Will Smith would not be my first choice. Not because he's not talented but because I want this to be like a postapocolyptic Die Hard or something on that level. The last man on earth has to be borderline crazy and ready to go ape shit nothing to loose. I don't see Will Smith in that role. Hopefully i'm wrong. I want this movie to work. I liked Constantine and I really want this to work on alot of levels.
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I always thought that Tom Hanks would have been really effective in the role of Neville, given it the sort of boring businessman forced to the edge that the book was all about. Of course, then people would have been making references to Castaway. "The Last Man on Earth is Not Alone. He's Got a Volleyball".
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If that's the same script I read a few years ago at my internship. Yeah. He drove a fucking Hummer and had a home theater system. BAD BAD BAD.
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c'mon somebody had to say it....
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Would have been a better choice.
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No that isn't the script, you are talking about the script that was originally for Arnie and which Harry described as "the best unmade script in Hollywood."
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