It has been revealed that the story of Soy Leyenda 2, in addition to starring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan, is mainly inspired by the successful The Last of Us.
This was reported by the Deadline media, which recalled that Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan are both the protagonists and the producers of I am Legend 2. Both are accompanied by Akiva Goldsman, who returns as a screenwriter to present a story that will drink from The Last of Us franchise.
“This will start a few decades later than the first one,” Goldsman said. “I’m obsessed with The Last of Us, where we see the world just after the apocalypse, but also after a lapse of 20 to 30 years. You see how the earth reclaims the world, and there is something beautiful about it. of the man who walks away from being the main tenant, what’s going on? That will be especially visual in New York. I don’t know if they’ll go up to the Empire State Building, but the possibilities are endless” (via GamesRadar).
The existence of the sequel to I am Legend was announced a year ago, but it has not been until now that it has been published a first image of this. Smith shared that image on her Instagram account this week, and in it you can see a completely empty street, something very common in the post-apocalypse.
You can see the image below:
Warning: spoilers for I Am Legend below..
The role that B. Jordan will play in the sequel is completely unknown, but it is known that Smith will return to play Robert Neville. Despite having passed away in the first movie? Yes, despite that.
The story of I am Legend 2 will continue an alternative ending in which Robert does not die and lives the apocalypse in another way. In this story, which will be more faithful to the novel by author Richard Matheson, the mutants will also be present and Robert will see how they attack his home, but they do it for only one reason: he has one of his loved ones captive and the mutants only want him back. This shows you that those creatures really are intelligent beings.
for now, The film does not have a release date..
