I Am Legend Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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

Plot

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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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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in I Am Legend.

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  Will Smith

  Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Bad Boys for Life

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  Alice Braga

  Crossing Over, The Shack

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  Dash Mihok

  Car Dogs, Armor

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  Salli Richardson-Whitfield

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  Charlie Tahan

  A Complete Unknown, I'll Be Right There

Crew Behind the Film

The I Am Legend behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Francis Lawrence last directed The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Slumberland. The film's writer Akiva Goldsman last wrote 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

Production Details

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Key Facts

• A long-gestating adaptation of the Richard Matheson novel.

Production Updates for I Am Legend

Dec 2004

Completed

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