I AM LEGEND prequel becomes sequel?
According to a source at AICN, Warner Bros. have decided to scrap the idea of an I AM LEGEND prequel because of it's story limitations (i.e. we know exactly where it is going) and will instead go in the direction of a sequel. Which is fine but as you may remember, Will Smith's Robert Neville didn't exactly make it out alive of the first movie and without him, do you even have a franchise to spawn a sequel from? It was Will Smith after enjoying immensely his time working on the first picture who came up with an initial prequel story that would win him another go as this character. But Warner Bros. are now balking at that and have told D.B. Weiss to focus on writing a sequel and a continuation of how the last movie ended.