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What better time to make a movie about a virus sweeping across the planet? Per Deadline and a joint Instagram post, Will Smith is returning to the I Am Legend franchise for a follow-up film that will also star Black Panther’s Michael B. Jordan. Now, this news does raise some questions for anyone who saw the 2007 original directed by Francis Lawrence. That movie, based on the 1954 Richard Matheson novel of the same name, was set in a postapocalyptic New York City where infected humans became bloodthirsty mutants. It ended with Smith’s virologist character leaping on a grenade and sacrificing his life to save humanity. Which, you know, makes one wonder how exactly Smith will manage to come back. Perhaps…
