Official I Am Legend Thread

[deathshead2]

I would like the casting better if Depp replaced Will.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Sniper attack ? i don't think they even had weapons in the Omega Man or in the book

I know. The book , from an action POV , is nothing.
Heck check out the quote from the script :

THE HIGH ANGLE

We HEAR a bolt slide on a rifle and we realize we're watching Neville through a SNIPER'S SCOPE. Neville's chest dead in our sights. We FIRE.

BACK ON THE STREET

Neville hits the dirt. The first bullet EXPLODES in asphalt. Neville rolls. The second bullet just misses him. He DASHES behind an abandoned car, escaping yet another shot from the sniper. The dog stands in the middle of the street, BARKING at an upper story window in Nieman-Marcus. Neville shouts...

NEVILLE
GET OUT OF THE STREET!

The dog continues to , its eyes on a specific section of the building. Neville steals a glance and sees a RIFLE BARREL poking out of a shattered window frame. ANOTHER SHOT whistles past the dog's fur. The beast flinches, afraid.

NEVILLE
GET OVER HERE!

He waves his arm and the dog comes running to his side. He pulls the dog close to him, sheltering him from the gunfire.

NEVILLE
Dumbest goddamm dog I ever had.

BLAM! A bullet HITS the car. Neville is pinned down.

NEVILLE
Great, Bob, just great.

He looks at the pistol in his hand. It's useless against a rifle. And unfortunately, the machine gun is in the Land Rover. He can't make a move. Unless...

Along the curb, hidden from the sniper's view, is a storm drain. Neville inches his way toward it and slithers inside. The dog tries to follow, but Neville motions for him to stay and speak. The dog understands and BARKS at the sniper.


INT. STORM DRAIN TUNNEL - DAY

Crouching down, Neville is able to scurry to the other side of the street. He inches his way through a crevice.


INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - DAY

Neville crawls into a dilapidated BATHROOM in the store's first basement. The plumbing has been backed up for god knows how long and Neville can barely tolerate the stench.


INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - FIRST BASEMENT - DAY

What used to be "Housewares." Neville spies the no-longer-functioning escalators and strides upwards.


INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - ESCALATORS - VARIOUS - DAY

Neville reaches the fourth floor. We catch glimpses of BIZARRE GRAFFITI, but mostly we're taken aback by the sheer emptiness of the store.


INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - SEVENTH FLOOR - DAY

Neville creeps up the escalator. He HEARS the sniper, but it's difficult to see anything because the windows in this section have been covered with sheets of cardboard, blankets, and plywood. The only light is a tiny shaft coming through the cracked pane the shooter is using for his rifle.

The shooter himself is bundled in rags. Gloves cover his hands, a parka hood hides his head, and a scarf shields his face. We see no details, only a shape. in a corner is a sort of "tent' made from bedsheets and blankets.

The sniper watches the street. Faintly, we HEAR the dog BARKING. The sniper SHOOTS. A distant ping!--the bullet hits the abandoned car. Neville gauges his surroundings, his enemy. Thinks. Positions himself about twenty feet behind the sniper. Locks target with the .45.

NEVILLE
Hey.

The sniper jumps, turns around, and shakes in his shoes at the sight of Neville. He fumbles with the rifle.

NEVILLE
Ah-ah-ah.

The sniper stops. It's no use--he'd never be quick enough.

NEVILLE
Slide the gun over here.

The sniper has no choice. He sets the rifle on the floor and shoves it at Neville, who quickly examines it.

NEVILLE
A hunter's gun. Where'd you find it?

No reply. Neville points the .45, SHOOTS and blasts the window behind the shooter. Glass explodes and SUNLIGHT pours into the room. The sniper SCREAMS with fright and scurries for darkness. Neville aims his pistol at another window.

NEVILLE
(a threat)
Where?

SNIPER
(his voice a raspy hiss)
Up north. In the mountains, a cabin.

NEVILLE
You're not part of Cortman's bunch.

SNIPER
Who?

NEVILLE
Never mind. In the mountains...
Were there people? Like me?

SNIPER
If there were, we wouldn't have had to
come to the city, now, would we?

NEVILLE
You're a smart one.

SNIPER
Thank you.

NEVILLE
You said "we."

The sniper realizes his error. Goes tight-lipped.

NEVILLE
How many?

No answer. Neville flips back the top of the "tent" and sees three sleeping areas.

NEVILLE
Where are they?

The sniper refuses to respond. Neville BLASTS another window. More LIGHT. Like a snake escaping a predator, the sniper slithers away, but Neville pounces on him and jams the .45 into the center of his back. He pins one arm and extends the shooter's other arm into the path of the light.

SNIPER
No!

The sniper is in agony.

NEVILLE
Tell me.

Frustrated, Neville, pulls off the man's glove. First, we see that the flesh is pale white. So pale it's almost translucent. Second, we see the effect of sunlight--the skin blisters and blackens.

NEVILLE
WHERE ARE THEY?

The sniper SCREAMS. Neville releases him and he hides in the shadows, caressing his tortured limb. The sniper decides to pull off his hood and remove the scarf, revealing...

A demonic visage. Ghostly white flesh so devoid of pigment we can see the blue and purple veins beneath the surface. His eyes are an unearthly cold blue/grey and white. He is completely hairless--nothing on his pate, no brows, no facial hair. His lips a deep ruby red. This thing was once human, but now, now...

SNIPER
(somewhat awed)
You're him, aren't you? You're Neville.

Neville reaches into his belt and takes out a VIAL of blood. The sniper's eyes light up.

NEVILLE
Where are they?

The sniper is mesmerized by the blood.

SNIPER
(can't help himself)
The bay... The basement.

NEVILLE
I was in the basement.

SNIPER
Down... below... By the... subway.

NEVILLE
Do they have guns?

He won't answer. Neville pours a few drops of blood and steps back. Thirstily, the sniper laps it up with his tongue, like a cat to some spilled cream. Neville looks away. The sniper falls back onto a pile of rags and lets his "fix" kick in. His body spasms and his face contorts. The sniper's arm jerks and he lets out a satisfied breath. A junkie feeling the high.

SNIPER
We heard about you. Way up in the hills
we heard about you.


Miraculously, the sniper's charred hand begins to heal.

NEVILLE
Your friends. Guns?

SNIPER
No. We found only the rifle.

His hand forms a fist. A sinister, unearthly hiss emerges from his gullet. He looks at the vial in Neville's hand.

SNIPER
More.

NEVILLE
You'll get more if you tell me the truth.

SNIPER
More!

And something dark, something terrible fills the sniper's eyes. He LUNGES at Neville. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Neville pounds him with three bullets. Two in the stomach. One in the shoulder. Blood spatters. The sniper teeters, but does not fall. Neville aims at the heart and fires, but his weapon is empty. He mutters "****," hastily loads a clip. The sniper clutches at his wounds, kneels and touches the floor with his finger. He takes a deep breath and enters into some kind of meditative trance. He summons...

The scattered drops of his blood heed his call. Like droplets of mercury drawn to a common source, the blood moves across the floor and flows up his finger into the open bullet wounds. And heals them.

NEVILLE
That was clever, the mannequin. That
took some thought. You nearly had me.

Click. Neville jams in the clip. The sniper moves. POW. POW. POW. POW- Only this time, Neville aims at the windows. GLASS SHATTERS and a wall of LIGHT pours in, hitting the sniper like a freight train.

SNIPER
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The skin on the sniper's face blisters. Smoke rises from beneath his protective clothes. he HOWLS. Neville, with intense calm, holsters his .45 and raises the RIFLE.

NEVILLE
You know, I can understand me. But why
shoot at the dog? What did that dog ever do
to you?

The sniper staggers toward Neville, one last attack. Neville SHOOTS, hits the sniper square in the chest. The force of the blast propels him backward, to the open windows. The sniper slips on the broken glass and falls...

... out the window. Seven stories to the street below.

Neville moves to the window, locks at the sniper's body on the concrete. The DOG emerges from behind the abandoned car, sniffs in the direction of the corpse, and looks up at Neville in the window. Neville shouts down...

NEVILLE
STAY AWAY FROM HIM! You stay away!

The dog sits.

NEVILLE
Good boy.


EXT. DEPARTMENT STORE - DAY

A bandana acting as a mask on his face, Neville pulls a spare gas can from the rear of the Land Rover and douses the sniper's corpse (blackening in the sun) with fuel. He ignites a book of matches, tosses them at the body, and whoosh--instant funeral pyre.

Neville reaches into a supply chest in the rear of the Land Rover. He pulls out a mean looking, more powerful MACHINE GUN, two ammo clips, a portable high-intensity halogen lamp, a COMBAT KNIFE, three small electronic devices, and a customized remote control. He hangs a pair of night-vision goggles around his neck and instructs the dog...

NEVILLE
Come.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Pretty idiotic statement right there, it's like calling Titanic a cross between Aliens and What's Eating Gibert Grape, or Spider-Man a cross between The Army of Darkness and Pleasantville.

Movies do stand on their own and are not just the mash-up between directors and actors previous outings.

Well, let's see... I,Robot is a futuristic movie with Will Smith, as is I am Legend. Constantine is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence about a "one man versus a lot" story, as is I am Legend. Not to mention that both movies weren't worthy to the source, which is also a possibility with I Am Legend.

 

[porchmonkey408]

Dude. This movie is going to rule.

 

[Mr. Credible]

i don't care if they stray from the book, because i havne't read it, but this sounds like it's going to be a pretty sweet movie.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Well, let's see... I,Robot is a futuristic movie with Will Smith, as is I am Legend. Constantine is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence about a "one man versus a lot" story, as is I am Legend. Not to mention that both movies weren't worthy to the source, which is also a possibility with I Am Legend.

This is more an apocalyptic movie than a high tech futuristic movie,it's more like our world now only if everyone was turned into Vampires/hemocytes and we were the only human left

As for Constantine well i loved that film and felt it had a very different vibe to the standard one man action film,here Neville is mostly alone and a warrior as opposed to the more mystical practices of Constantine

 

[Hunter Rider]

I know. The book , from an action POV , is nothing.
Heck check out the quote from the script :

Oh man that sounds like an awesome sequence,i can just imagine the great effects when he takes out all the windows and the guy is fried
I also love the way the interrigation is written

 

[gvcool2]

that dialouge has will smith smeared all over it, especially:

The sniper jumps, turns around, and shakes in his shoes at the sight of Neville. He fumbles with the rifle.

NEVILLE
Ah-ah-ah.

The sniper stops. It's no use--he'd never be quick enough.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

This is more an apocalyptic movie than a high tech futuristic movie,it's more like our world now only if everyone was turned into Vampires/hemocytes and we were the only human left

As for Constantine well i loved that film and felt it had a very different vibe to the standard one man action film,here Neville is mostly alone and a warrior as opposed to the more mystical practices of Constantine

Yes, specifically. But its pretty similiar though. I, Robot and I am Legend are visions of the future, and Constantine was very roguish as is Neville.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

that dialouge has will smith smeared all over it, especially:

The sniper jumps, turns around, and shakes in his shoes at the sight of Neville. He fumbles with the rifle.

NEVILLE
Ah-ah-ah hell naw!!!

The sniper stops. It's no use--he'd never be quick enough.

Fix'd

 

[gvcool2]

Yes, specifically. But its pretty similiar though. I, Robot and I am Legend are visions of the future, and Constantine was very roguish as is Neville.

as is every sci fi film and every action hero

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

as is every sci fi film and every action hero

If you say so...

 

[Hunter Rider]

Yes, specifically. But its pretty similiar though. I, Robot and I am Legend are visions of the future, and Constantine was very roguish as is Neville.

There are some similarities for sure but this is a chance to create a very different vision to either(particular I Robot) in the landscape and emptiness of where the story takes place,it's got a survival theme to it

In I Robot it was all about tech where as here the lead character is stripped down and the world he inhabits is empty,pessimistic and desolate whilst the I Robot world was bustling with promise and high tech appliances

 

[matrix_ghost]

Wow that you guys can see similarities in I,ROBOT and I AM LEGEND.

I,ROBOT dealt with a rogue robot. Mankind is dependant on robots and this is the first time they express feelings.

LEGEND deals with the loniless of a man where mankind has been entirely changed into vampires.

I don't think you can use the similarity of something that happens in the future , cause in that case all futuristic movies such as The Matrix Trilogy , Terminator and Blade Runner to name a few have some connection with these movies .

In essence i see more of a paralllen between Constantine and I AM LEGEND since both feature someone who's a loner and fights "evil".

 

[gvcool2]

If you say so...

I don't, but the unwritten book of action movie cliche's does

 

[Hunter Rider]

Wow that you guys can see similarities in I,ROBOT and I AM LEGEND.

I,ROBOT dealt with a rogue robot. Mankind is dependant on robots and this is the first time they express feelings.

LEGEND deals with the loniless of a man where mankind has been entirely changed into vampires.

I think thematically they are worlds apart,I Robot is about the dangers of over reliance on Technology,I Am Legend is about a mans will to survive stripped of the modern comforts and aids

 

[matrix_ghost]

Exactly .

If you look at the core story , there really is no similarity nor a parallel.
Anyways , going back to the topic.

I have to say that i'm intrugued so far. I'm now mildly positive about this movie as i'm reading the script. Of course i know AKIVA GOLDSMAN dumbed the script down even more sadly , but hopefully not too much .

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I'll approve of this movie if one sequence is kept in...

The part where Neville's watch had stopped, and he didn't realise that it was almost sundown, and he was far from his home. While he's driving, all of the vampires begin to attack and he has to fight his way out and back into his house.

That was some pulse pounding stuff.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I'll approve of this movie if one sequence is kept in...

The part where Neville's watch had stopped, and he didn't realise that it was almost sundown, and he was far from his home. While he's driving, all of the vampires begin to attack and he has to fight his way out and back into his house.

That was some pulse pounding stuff.

By the sound sof the script and the direction they are heading that's exactly they type of sequence that will make it into the movie

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Hopefully.

Although, I'm not too sure about Cortman. From the sounds of the script, they've written him as some sort of vampire leader. In the book, part of his character was that Cortman and his lot across the street from Neville were unorganized, which is why

Spoiler

they were executed by the hit squad for the vampire government at the end of the book.

I'll have to read the script for myself.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I'll approve of this movie if one sequence is kept in...

The part where Neville's watch had stopped, and he didn't realise that it was almost sundown, and he was far from his home. While he's driving, all of the vampires begin to attack and he has to fight his way out and back into his house.

That was some pulse pounding stuff.

I'm reading the scene right now

It's changed slightly but it's there. Instead of Neville noticing that his clock stopped , he makes a mistake and falls into his own trap .
Oh hell , if you want to read it , here's the entire sequence :

EXT. EMBARCADERO - DAY - AN HOUR LATER

Neville has strung a series of five traps along the street. He's working on his sixth when he realizes he won't have enough wire. He returns to the Land Rover, pets the dog, and sets his machine gun on the roof of the vehicle. He removes the Kevlar vest and his shirt. It's hot today. He drinks from a bottle of water, grabs a fresh spool of wire, and returns to the post. He arranges and sets the wire and prepares to bait it when he STOPS. Absolutely dead stops.

MOVEMENT. About half a block away. He locates the source of the SOUND and sees something in one of the abandoned buildings. Neville reaches for his machine gun.

But it's not there. It's on the ****ing roof of the Land Rover. The dog is hyper-alert. He heard it, too. Keeping his eyes glued on the abandoned building, Neville moves toward the vehicle...

The dog BARKS a warning, but it's too late...

Neville has stepped into the snare of his own trap!

SNAP! The wire WHIPS TAUGHT jerking Neville off his feet. He SMACKS his head on the asphalt as the wire PULLS UP. The snare LOCKS into place and Neville HANGS above the street, upside-down, his head about three feet from the surface. The ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL FALLS from his pocket. He REACHES for it, but it's already on the street.

The dog BARKS AND BARKS. Panicked, afraid, scolding. Neville is so pissed at himself. The wire CUTS deep into his ankle. BLOOD drips to the street. He's a little dazed, but Neville's desperately trying to maintain clarity. The dog circles below, barking and whimpering. Neville breathes deeply, gauges his surroundings. What to do?! And then he realizes why the dog is so frantic.

The sun is setting.

As if on cue, his ELECTRONIC POCKET WATCH sounds its ALARM. BEEP-BEEP-BEEP. The color drains from Neville's face. BEEP-BEEP-BEEP. Neville angrily THROWS the watch down the street. The dog continues to BARK his warnings.

NEVILLE
SHUT UP! DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW?!!!

The dog backs off, circles the area, sniffs. Whimpers and growls. Transforms into defensive posture.

SOUNDS OF MOVEMENT in a nearby building. Neville hears it. Looks at the sky. About thirty, forty minutes before sunset. Damn! He calms himself. Can't panic, absolutely cannot panic. He tries reaching for the wire, to pull himself up, but it's just beyond his reach, the strain too great. He remembers his KNIFE in the ankle sheath. Pulls it and HACKS at the wire. No good. It would never cut through. He tucks the knife back into the sheath. Thinks.

CRASH! Something falls and breaks in one of the shops. More MOVEMENT. The dog REACTS, BARKS and RUNS to check it out.

NEVILLE
NO! STAY!

Neville can do nothing. The dog's gone. Must act quickly. Although it makes the wire cut deeper into his ankle, Neville SWINGS back and forth, making his body a pendulum. Reaches for the post. Misses. Swings back. Forth. GRABS IT. Holds on for dear life. In an impressive feat of strength and dexterity, he twists and PULLS himself up the post, to the overhang bar, and CRAWLS along it, even though the tension it creates on the wire is shredding his ankle.

Neville desperately tries to untangle the snare. His fingers can't quite do the trick, so he pulls the KNIFE and uses it to SAW into the cable.

A HOWL from within a building.

Neville glances in the direction of the sound. Just as the blade succeeds in slicing through enough of the wire, it weakens and SNAPS! Releasing an unprepared Neville. He FALLS and lands HARD on the asphalt. A bone BREAKS in Neville's wrist but that's the least of his worries.

He landed on the knife. It's sticking straight through the meat of his thigh.

He screams in pain! Reaches for it, but that arm has a broken wrist--and that's agony! He rolls to his side, feels for the handle with his good hand and psychs himself up for what must be done. He PULLS the blade, SCREAMS, and passes out.
The image loses focus... FADES... To BLACK. Silence.

FADE IN to grey. Unfocused, gaining sharpness... A SOUND. A wet sound... The DOG LICKS Neville's face and pokes him, urging him to consciousness. When Neville awakens...

IT IS NIGHT.

The look of terror on his face is unmistakable. The dog whimpers, prods him, begging him to move. A small pool of blood has collected around Neville's thigh and ankle. His broken wrist is swollen and he has a bad bump on his forehead. He coughs, spits, raises his head...

The atmosphere of the Embarcadero has changed. Gone is the deadness and silence--replaced by SOUNDS. Some far off, some closeby. Activity. There is life. Some kind of life. The dog's defenses are way up. He sniffs and growls.

The Land Rover is about fifty feet away. Such a short distance, but now, for Neville, in this condition, it is more like fifty miles. He examines his wrist, his ankle. The blood has coagulated and he looks to the thigh. He rips part of his shirt into a tourniquet. It's difficult to work with the broken wrist, but he manages to stop the bleeding. He tries to stand, but that is a joke. The ankle is bad enough, but the thigh wound is just too deep--it can't take the pressure. He falls back to the asphalt and catches his breath. He finds the knife, clutches it in his fist--just in case--and begins to drag himself toward the Land Rover.

SOUNDS. MOVEMENT. All around him. Something--footsteps?--circling the area. Neville accelerates his pace. The dog viciously growls, BARKS! And then Neville HEARS it, too. SNARLING. HOWLS. Not footsteps. Paws on pavement.

Neville knows what's coming and it terrifies him. Again, he tries to stand, but falls hard onto the street. He drags himself toward the vehicle, and his dog begins to circle, BARKING, urging him to move faster. Neville stops when he sees the first one...

A BLACK DOG. A hemocvte dog. Standing on top of a pile of rubble. Watching him with icy grey eyes. The beast's fangs are bared--long, sharp, vicious things. It assesses Neville and his dog. It BARKS AND HOWLS.

Neville's about twenty feet from the Rover. He remembers the MACHINE GUN on the roof and yells at his dog.

NEVILLE
THE GUN! GET THE GUN!

But this isn't "Rin-Tin-Tin." The poor thing has no idea what Neville means.

NEVILLE
GET THE ****ING GUN!

No use. Neville presses on, dragging his wounded body toward the Land Rover. Holds tightly to the KNIFE when he sees...

FIVE MORE DOGS. DANE, BROWN, BOXER, WHITE, and GREY. All muscular, sharp-fanged, and icy-eyed. They snarl and sniff, calmly waiting, gauging their best attack...

The dog moves in close to Neville, guarding. Neville fears the worst. Hits the dog with his arm, instructing him...

NEVILLE
GO! RUN! Get the hell out of here!

The dog doesn't move.

NEVILLE
GO! You stupid thing! GO!

But the dog will not leave him. And the attack begins.

Black BARKS and THREE RUSH IN. Neville's dog meets BROWN, immediately engaging in combat. Neville knows his dog is doomed, but can't think about that now. The OTHER TWO are upon him! He LASHES out with the KNIFE, ripping WHITE open along the ribcage. The beast YELPS and retaliates and BITES into Neville's thigh. Neville SCREAMS- And KNEES White with the opposite leg. GREY BITES into Neville's broken wrist. The PAIN is unimaginable, but Neville STABS GREY in the chest. AGAIN AND AGAIN. Blood bursts from Grey's heart and the dog dies. Neville spins to see WHITE in the air, POUNCING, eyes on Neville's jugular...

But the beast is broadsided by Neville's dog! Battered and bleeding, he FIGHTS with a proud ferocity. Neville sees the badly wounded BROWN coming, LICKING BLOOD from Grey to gain strength. As his dog engages in struggle with White, Neville sees BOXER and DANE move in.

And Neville knows there is only one chance. Summoning every ounce of strength and adrenaline in his body, he RISES to his feet and emits a guttural, primordial SCREAM. Grimacing, denying the pain, he MOVES to the Land Rover, forcing his fragile limbs forward.

As Neville's dog and White engage in a brutal dance, Brown-rushing on the fresh blood--sets his sights on human prey. Neville makes it to the Land Rover. He rests against it-just for a moment--then reaches up and grabs the machine gun. He turns. Just in time to see Brown coming at him.

Neville OPENS FIRE and Brown is ripped in half. Neville WHISTLES and his dog breaks away from White. Neville shoots White, then SPRAYS bullets at the oncoming Boxer and Dane. The automatic weapon fire has the desired effect and the two beasts--sufficiently intimidated--run away.

Neville and his dog relax for a moment, then, almost simultaneously, realize they have forgotten about the leader, the BLACK. Who ERUPTS from behind, knocking Neville to the ground. The Black is about to devour human neck when Neville's dog BITES into Black's hindquarters. The Black YELPS, spins, and LOCKS ITS JAWS onto the dog's neck.

NEVILLE
NO!!!!!!!

Neville SMACKS the Black with the butt of the machine KICKS him away, and OPENS FIRE, emptying the clip into the hellish thing. Until it falls. Dead.

Neville checks his dog. The poor thing is bleeding badly. Fueled by desperation and conviction, Neville LIFTS the dog and deposits him in the Rover. Now well beyond pain-transcendent, really--Neville shuts the doors, climbs behind the wheel, and gets the hell away.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

NeviIle drives in darkness, one hand comforting the dog...

NEVILLE
It's okay, boy. You're gonna be okay.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING NEVILLE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The Hemocytes on their nightly vigil. Cortman observes Neville's house. The lights are off. No music, no signs of activity within. Curious. A trap? Perhaps not. Cortman leaps off the promontory and leads his followers across the barren landscape, toward the outer fence.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville looks ahead, observing the terrain. He's about half a mile away from home and can see the Hemocytes surrounding the compound. He stops the vehicle and turns to the dog...

NEVILLE
I'm going to get us home.


EXT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville exits, opens the trunk, straps on two SHOULDER HOLSTERS with fully loaded automatics and grabs two more clips for the machine gun. He takes a JERRY CAN of gasoline, a rag, and quickly manufactures a king-size MOLOTOV COCKTAIL.


EXT. STREET LEADING TO HOUSE - NIGHT

With its lights still off, the Land Rover slowly moves up the hill. And violently ACCELERATES.


EXT. AREA - SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

The Hemocytes furthest from the fence have no time to REACT to the speeding, armor-plated Rover heading straight at them.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville hits a series of SWITCHES.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

A BURST OF LIGHT! Not only from the LAMPS, but from a RACK OF LIGHTS on the ROOF, two HIGH-BEAM lamps mounted near the side mirrors, and FOUR LIGHTS rigged near the trunk.

The Hemocytes SCREECH and retreat. A few react like deer, frozen, and the Land Rover just PLOWS through them. NEAR THE FENCE, CORTMAN REACTS. He sees the Rover ROARING toward him and realizes Neville is outside the compound! He stands at the GATE--the only way into the compound--and BELLOWS...

CORTMAN
STOP HIM!


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville maintains focus. His eyes stay fixed ahead. He sees the Warriors forming a wall in front of the GATE. Takes a deep breath... And STOPS the Land Rover.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

Hemocytes form a circle around the vehicle. The LIGHT blinds them and SCORCHES their skin, but they must take advantage of this opportunity, they must get Neville!


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville readies the machine gun, undoes a ceiling BOLT.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

A HATCH opens on the ROOF of the Rover and Neville pops up. He SPRAYS MACHINE GUN FIRE in a circle, keeping the Hemocytes at bay. INTENSELY FIRES at the Warriors barring the gate. Neville crawls out farther, rests the machine gun, and pulls out the JERRY CAN. TWO BRAVE HEMOCYTES rush the Land Rover, SMASH a side lamp and headlamp, and crawl toward Neville.

He pulls a sidearm and SHOOTS! Dead shots in their hearts. Takes a LIGHTER from his utility belt. MORE HEMOCYTES move toward the Rover. Neville spots them. Lifts the MACHINE GUN. FIRES, keeping them back--momentarily. He tries to light the rag in the jerry can, but his hand isn't working well and the lighter SLIPS down the windshield. Neville curses, crawls out, REACHES for the lighter...

His arm is GRABBED by a Hemocyte. EVA. They lock eyes. She smiles and TALONS emerge from her fingertips.

Neville's weak hand fumbles for a sidearm and PULLS the trigger. A BULLET RIPS through Eva's shoulder, sending her back, spinning off the vehicle. Neville SNATCHES the lighter, ignites the rag, and THROWS the jerry can at the gate. It lands with a THUD. Neville FIRES the machine gun. Bullets RIP into the can and BLAM! A FIREBALL! At least a dozen Warriors are roasted. They stumble away, SCREECHING.

Cortman knows what Neville has in mind and hurriedly leads a CHARGE at the Land Rover.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville drops into the driver's seat. He reaches up to close the hatch and sees the FACE OF A HEMOCYTE. He FIRES. The shattered Hemocyte face disappears from view and Neville SHUTS the hatch. PRESSES the REMOTE CONTROL.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

THE GATE SLIDES OPEN. Halfway to the Land Rover, Cortman realizes he's made an error.

CORTMAN
BACK! INSIDE! INSIDE!

He changes the direction of the charge just as the Rover ROARS THROUGH THE FIRE. SIX HEMOCYTES manage to jump on THE VEHICLE as it SPEEDS into the compound and abruptly STOPS. Its REAR LAMPS SHINE on the open gate.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville hits the remote.


EXT. AREA SURROUNDING COMPOUND - NIGHT

The gate starts to shut. Cortman and his Warriors RUN to it. The HATCH on the roof of the Land Rover FLIPS OPEN. Neville emerges, machine gun in hand. First, he BLASTS THREE of the Hemocytes clinging to the Rover. (The other three are smarter and hang onto the SIDES of the vehicle, out of Neville's field of Vision.) Next, Neville SPRAYS the gate with machine gun fire, keeping Cortman and the Hemocytes at bay. Neville can only urge the gate to move faster...

NEVILLE
COME ON! COME ON!

He empties one clip, loads the LAST of the three, takes a few more shots, then relaxes when the GATE IS SHUT.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville accelerates, shuts the hatch, hits another REMOTE.


EXT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

The other GATE--for the inner fence--SLIDES OPEN, as does the DOOR to the garage, revealing the sloping driveway leading underground. The Land Rover ROARS over the moat. the THREE HEMOCYTES holding tight as the Rover descends.


INT. UNDERGROUND GARAGE - NIGHT

The Rover SCREECHES to a stop, almost crashing into the wall. The overhead door starts to CLOSE...


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville checks the dog, comforts him, and almost opens the door. He stops when he faintly hears a SCRATCHING on the outer shell of the vehicle.


INT. UNDERGROUND GARAGE - NIGHT

The Three Hemocytes quietly release their hold on the Land Rover and set foot on the garage floor. They look to each other and devilishly smile.


INT. LAND ROVER - NIGHT

Neville checks the VIDEO SCREENS. There they are.

NEVILLE
Were you fellas Boy Stouts? You know
what the Scouts always say... ?

He flicks a switch on another remote.


INT. UNDERGROUND GARAGE - NIGHT

The three Hemocytes barely have time to notice the HALOGEN LAMPS lining the walls of the room before they BURST ON. The creatures SCREECH! with pain.

Sunglasses covering his eyes, Neville calmly opens his door, steps out, and proceeds to exterminate the three pests.

QUICK MACHINE GUN BURSTS to the hearts of One and Two. When the clip runs out, a pistol for the Third.

NEVILLE
Be prepared.

As they lay dying, Neville shuts off the wall lamps, opens the passenger door, and gently carries out the wounded dog.

 

[ToddIsDead]

Damn, that is a ****ing cool script excert. If the movie ends up anything like this, it should be pretty damn cool.

 

[ToddIsDead]

I think I'm going to pick up the book soon, after school starts up. I loved the Omega Man, but never read the book, and all this news about the new movie is really renewing my interest.

 

[aiken_fritz]

ive read some of Richard Mathesons books, not a lot just a couple. ivent read i am legend, though, ive been wanting to. i hear the guy ranks up there with King, im not much of a reader so i wouldnt know. i read and have seen what dreams may come. in my opinion they did a poor job as far as makin the book into a movie.

that part of the script sounds good though. i think it should be good and look forward to seeing it. if they stick to the book, which i bet is great, the the movie should be as well. will smith could probably handle it if he tries hard enough.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I'm reading the scene right now

It's changed slightly but it's there. Instead of Neville noticing that his clock stopped , he makes a mistake and falls into his own trap .
Oh hell , if you want to read it , here's the entire sequence :

that sequence sounds simply amazing,thank you for the script excerpts saving my lazy ass

BTW I'm guessing the Land Rover is being replaced by the Mustang