A sequel for I Am Legend is now in the works with a writer being hired and Will Smith producing.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Arash Amel has been hired by Warner Bros. to write a screenplay for the new movie. Will Smith is producing with his Overbrook Entertainment shingle, and he could possibly be starring in the project as well.
Smith starred in the 2006 horror thriller as Robert Neville, the last surviving human in New York. Each day he tries to find a cure for the plague that turned the dead into monsters that try to kill him in the night. Directed by Francis Lawrence with a script co-written by Mark Protesevich, the film grossed $585 million worldwide.
At the moment it's unclear how the story will be developed if Smith is involved since his character *SPOILER ALERT* died at the end of the first movie. Writer Amel will have to figure something out. His latest work includes the action thriller The Expatriate which is in production now, and the screenplay for Grace of Monaco, currently in development.
Producer Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote and produced the original will be returning to his position. Smith's latest producing credit was on This Means War, his next acting part is in Men in Black III which opens in May.
