Recently, Will Smith confirmed that his character will return in I Am Legend 2, even after having died in the first film.
Will Smith confirmed that he will live again Robert Neville following I’m the Legendwhich is currently being produced and will feature Michael B. Jordan (black Panther) in the cast. However, anyone who watched the first film knows that his character died at the end of production.
To make his return possible, the screenwriter Akiva Goldsmith (The Da Vinci Code) will use the production’s alternative ending, which is only available in the DVD version of the film, something that was confirmed by the film himself Will Smith:
“You have to be a true fan of I’m the Legend to know that, but, at first, in the theatrical version, my character dies. However, on the DVD, there is an alternative version of the ending in which my character survives.”told the Variety during the Red Sea International Film Festival, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. But what is this alternative version?
Will Smith dies in the theatrical version
At the original end of I’m the Legend, Robert Neville ends up capturing a female mutant to find out if her antidote is capable of ending the virus that has devastated the world. Causing other mutants to end up going after the character and invading her laboratory.
In the face of attackRobert choose to sacrifice yourself so that Anna (Alice Braga) It is Ethan (Charlie Tahan) manage to escape with the captured mutant’s blood sample and, eventually, help in the search for a cure for the virus.
However, in the alternative ending…
In the DVD versionRobert realizes that the invasion is carried out with the aim of rescuing the captured mutant, as she is the leader’s partner. At this moment, he realizes that creatures are capable of having emotional bonds and organizing themselves into society. The discovery causes him to release the hostage and, consequently, the group leaves peacefully.
This realization causes the character to completely change his view of the creatures, even apologizing, and no longer seeing them as monsters. After discovery Robert, Anna It is Ethan They leave the laboratory and head towards the Vermont survivor camp together.
The alternative ending is even closer to the book that inspires the film, written by Richard Matheson, where Earth ends up being occupied by an intelligent race of vampires. Watch the scene below:
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About I Am Legend 2
Goldsmith confirmed to deadlinein February this year, which I Am Legend 2 will accompany the world a few years after the apocalypse: “That [segundo filme] will begin a few decades after the first. I’m obsessed with The Last of Usin which we the world right after the apocalypse, but also after a period of 20, 30 years”said.
“You see how Earth reclaims the world for itself, and there’s something beautiful about the question of, as man ceases to be the primary tenant, what happens? That’s going to be quite visual in New York.”he completed.
The screenwriter also stated that the new film will once again be based on the book by Richard Mathesonwhich gave rise to I’m the Legend: “What Matheson was talking about was that man’s time on the planet as the dominant species had come to an end. It’s a very interesting thing that we’re going to explore. There will be a little more fidelity to the original text.”he declared.
Source: Rollingstone
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