I Am Legend Remake In The Works As Plot Details Will Based On 'A Garden At The End Of The World' Chapter! Will Smith To Star In The Reboot Rumored

I Am Legend (2007), a post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Francis Lawrence was a huge success at the box office making nearly $600 million against a budget of $150 million. Warner Bros. tried many times to produce a followup with Will Smith in it, although his character does not survive the first film.
Apparently those followups did not came to materialization, however, Warners' wish to make more I Am Legend films didn't fade away. Now almost six years after the original starring Smith hit theaters, a brand-new I Am Legend is in advancement. This new project will be a reboot so don't expect to see a sequel or prequel to the original.

As reported by Deadline, Warner Bros. is modifying a script titled 'A Garden At The End Of The World" from unknown writer Gary Graham. The script was planned to be a science fiction adaptation of the John Wayne film The Searchers to start off their new I Am Legend franchise. Graham was still working at an Apple Store when wrote the script and later submitted it to the Black List where the CAA noticed it.

From Deadline: 

"When Graham was brought in to rewrite his script, the studio by then had talked to the 'I Am Legend' producers and noted enough similarities to the themes and mythology of that film that they asked the scribe to consider a redraft to fit that property."
It is not surprising that Warner Bros. would like to make more installment with films like The Walking Dead, World War Z, The Strain, et cetera, its obvious that monster-ravaged post apocalyptic story telling is all the rage nowadays. 

Its not a first ever attempt to remake I Am Legend as it originally was a novel by Richard Matheson and it revolved  the last man on Earth who is fighting a vampiric plague. Vincent Price starer 'The Last Man On Earth' was the first adaption of that book and  the second attempt was The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston while I Am Legend starring Willing was the latest adaptation of the novel. 
Film director, George Romero was also inspired by the novel and he created The Night of the Living Dead and its sequels. 

Do you feel its too soon to reboot I Am Legend? Would you prefer to see a followup starring Smith?

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