Will Smith to Begin Production for I Am Legend

If you like seeing good science fiction that features vampires you’re in luck, Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel “I Am Legend” is set to start filming:

Will Smith to Begin a Six-Month Production Shoot for I Am Legend

“An over half-year production schedule has been set for the Will Smith sci-fi film I Am Legend, according to Production Weekly. The film is the adaptation of the Richard Matheson‘s 1954 novel to be directed by Constantine director Francis Lawrence. Set in Los Angeles after a biological war, the film centers on the sole healthy survivor, a man who finds himself in a battle against nocturnal mutants. Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth… but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood.”

Below: Cover designs from various printings of the book: