HOLLYWOOD was abuzz with information that Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan are teaming up for the I Am Legend sequel.

Smith, 53, and Jordan, 35, won’t solely star within the Warner Bros. movie, however they’re additionally set to co-produce, Deadline stories.

The report went on to say that Jordan will produce alongside Elizabeth Raposo underneath Outlier Society, whereas Smith, Jon Mone, and Ryan Shimazaki will function producers for Westbrook Studios.

Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the unique movie, can also be on board to pen the sequel. A director has not been named but.

Smith confirmed the information with an Instagram publish of a abandoned avenue, harking back to the unique 2007 movie, tagging Jordan within the picture.

The movie, which starred Smith within the main function, introduced in additional than $585 million (RM2.44 billion) worldwide.

Details are at the moment skinny on the bottom, however among the many issues the follow-up could have to do is resurrect Smith’s character, who sacrificed himself to save two of the one different people left on a planet whose inhabitants was worn out by a super-virus, a selected pertinent storyline for present instances.

I Am Legend, primarily based on Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel, has lengthy been certainly one of Smith’s proudest achievements as an actor thanks to its small moments. For a lot of the movie, he had nothing to act reverse of, save for mannequins and a canine.

In 2015, Smith mentioned in an interview: “I Am Legend easily could’ve been a stage play, right? You know, a one-man show, a dude with a dog – you generally would think you need a little bit more than that for a blockbuster, but to date, that’s my biggest opening and my second-biggest film.”

This large information comes a number of months after Smith performed Richard Williams in King Richard, and he was subsequently recognised within the Best Actor class within the 2022 Oscar nominations.

Jordan himself grabbed consideration final 12 months mainly for starring in Without Remorse and A Journal for Jordan, in addition to vocally reprising the character Killmonger for 2 episodes of Marvel’s animated What If… ? sequence and cameoing in Space Jam: A New Legacy.