Michael B. Jordan has confirmed that the script for I Am Legend 2 is still unfinished, but he is "really excited" to work with Will Smith when cameras eventually start rolling.
Jordan last appeared in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Creed III, but he is now gearing up to star in and produce I Am Legend 2. The actor told People magazine he can't wait to "get in front of the camera" with Smith but admitted that, for now, they're focusing on the script (which picks up decades after the original film).
"We're still working on the script and getting that up to par," Jordan shared. "It doesn't have a release date or anything like that. I'm not sure exactly where we're going to be filming that one, but I'm really excited to get in front of the camera with [Smith]. Being somebody that I've looked up to for a really long time, to be able to work with Will is something I'm really looking forward to. I'm really excited."
Meanwhile, Smith told Entertainment Tonight in May that development on the sequel was coming together and "looking good," adding: "[We have some] really solid ideas… I think [Michael and I are] going to make it on screen together. That dude is the truth, so I would love to do that."
Oscar-winning writer-producer Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote I Am Legend with Mark Protosevich, is back to pen the sequel's script. The story will feature a significant time jump, with the alternate ending to the first film - in which Robert Neville (Smith) survives - treated as canon.
Based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, I Am Legend follows Smith's character, a scientist who must navigate life in a post-apocalyptic New York City after a disease that turned humans into zombie-like creatures wiped out much of humanity. The film earned more than $585 million worldwide.
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