So in about a week, Francis Lawrence’s I AM LEGEND will be hitting theaters everywhere (December 14th to be exact). I love CONSTANTINE and I can’t wait to see what his sophmore directorial film will be like. But with word from people at Available Light New York about reshoots, I’m not so sure that the ending will be as good as I hoped.
Shocktillyoudrop.com has an exclusive interview with director Francis Lawrence that talks about why he made I AM LEGEND.
I read one of [screenwriter Mark] Protosevich’s drafts before I did “Constantine” and it stuck in my head. I hadn’t read the novel before that draft. When I was finishing “Constantine,” Akiva and I were talking about working together again and Warners gave him that project to resurrect ’cause they thought it was dead. He brought it up to me, and I finally read the novel. Even before these projects, I was always intrigued by someone surviving in an abandoned urban environment. Back when I was doing music videos I’d try to do that with some of the artists I worked with. Trying to sell this feeling of isolation and emptiness. I said, Let’s take a crack at it, and we went off with our own take from there.
From the interview it is absolutely apparent that Francis Lawrence is passionate about I AM LEGEND. If you go over here you can read the entire interview. If you’ve ever been skeptic about the film, read this. It’s definitely given me a little more confidence in the film.