Wale watch out. D.C. is about to be taken over by zombie-like infected humans in the prequel to Will Smith’s blockbuster hit I Am Legend. Although rumors had it that the next movie in the franchise would be a sequel, Will himself stated at the press junket for Seven Pounds that the movie is indeed a prequel.

“We’re still trying to work through a couple of bumps in the story,” said Smith. “It’s essentially the fall of the last city – the last stand of Manhattan. The movie would be… within the body of the movie D.C. and then Manhattan would fall as the last city. It’s a really cool idea trying to figure it out… there’s a reason why we have to take a small band and we have to get into D.C. So we have to make our way from New York to D.C. and then back to New York.”

Will plans to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Neville while the original director is currently on board as well. Movie will go into more detail as to how the once cancer-curing medicine turned into a human crippling virus and goes deeper into the victims actual transformations from human state to zombie state. Movie is scheduled for a 2011 release date. (Source)

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