Horror History: I AM LEGEND with Will Smith Opened in 2007 By Mike Sprague
Constantine director Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend with Will Smith (
Men in Black) opened into a theater near you back in 2007.
The post-apocalyptic action thriller is loosely based on the 1954 novel of the same name by
Richard Matheson. Lawrence directed from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman (
A Beautiful Mind, Batman & Robin) and Mark Protosevich (
The Cell).
Smith stars as US Army virologist Robert Neville. The brilliant scientist is a survivor of a man-made plague that transforms humans into bloodthirsty mutants. He wanders alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. All the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.