Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan to Star in ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel
etonline.comWill Smith's set to star opposite Michael B. Jordan in the sequel, ET can confirm.Smith, who starred in the original 2007 film, and Jon Mone, co-president of Westbrook Studios, will produce and James Lassiter will serve as the executive producer.
Ryan Shimazaki will oversee the project on behalf of Westbrook Studios. The star will also produce, along with Elizabeth Raposo via their Outlier Society banner.As far as the plot goes, those details are still being kept under wraps.
According to, which first broke the story, there's still no word on who will direct either since the project's still under development, but Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman — who adapted Richard Matheson's 1954 novel for the 2007 blockbuster — is attached to the project and will write the sequel's screenplay.
Goldsman and Greg Lessans will also produce via Weed Road Pictures.A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)Smith — fresh off his Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor win at the the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role in -- took to Instagram on Friday and posted a picture from a scene in and captioned it, «Gonna be good.» Jordan posted the exact same picture and caption, too.
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