In a bit of surprising news blackfilm.com is reporting that Johnny Depp has been attached to the new version of I Am Legend. Of course you will all remember The Omega Man, well that is probably the most famous adaptation of I Am Legend the wonderful novel by Richard Matheson. This project appears to be a huge one though with first Will Smith being pegged to star and now Johnny Depp coming on board.
That is some pretty hefty star power for a horror film.
Here is part of the report from blackfilm.com:
JOHNNY DEPP has been added to the cast. No telling which role Depp will play, but given his penchant for playing extraordinary weird-like characters, expect a juicy plum part, like the neighbor, now one of the living dead.
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.
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson, the film will be written by Mark Protosevich. Constantine director Francis Lawrence will helm the film with David Heyman, Akiva Goldsman, Neal Moritz and Erwin Stoff serving as producers.
Matheson's book was adapted twice before. Vincent Price starred in "The Last Man on Earth" and Charlton Heston toplined "The Omega Man".
Shooting will begin in New York at the end of September. Warner Bros. will distribute the film.
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