I Am Legend Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 21, 2008

I Am Legend

Will Smith stars in a post-apocalyptic thriller as the last human survivor on earth after a terrible mutating virus wipes out humanity.

Director: Francis Lawrence

Starring: Will Smith • Alice Braga • Dash Mihok • Salli Richardson-Whitfield • Charlie Tahan

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 40 m

87% WILL SEE 13% WON'T SEE

Plot: Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable...and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City...and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected"--victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while, the Infected lurk in the shadows, watching Neville's every move, waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.

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A look at I Am Legend behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Francis Lawrence last helmed The Long Walk and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The film's writer Akiva Goldsman last penned Doctor Sleep and The Dark Tower.

Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenwriters: Akiva Goldsman
Mark Protosevich
Richard Matheson
Producers: Dana Goldberg
Akiva Goldsman
David Heyman
Erwin Stoff
Michael Tadross

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment
Heyday Productions
Original Film
Overbrook Entertainment

Dec 2004

Changed I Am Legend movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence
Runtime: 1 hr, 40 m
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Language: English