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First set pics from Catching Fire show new the Hunger Games training outfits… and Finnick!

The first images from the The Hunger Games: Catching Fire set have started leaking out, and so far it looks like the cast has a whole new training wardrobe. Plus catch your first peek at Finnick Odair, played by Sam Claflin. Some spoilers ahead. So either these are new training outfits or new Quarter Quell…

Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel

We’ve been dreading the mooted I Am Legend prequel reteaming Will Smith and director Francis Lawrence. So we’re delighted to hear the duo are instead working on a fantastical movie with a script by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Truman Show). According to The Hollywood Reporter, The City That Sailed follows a New York City street magician…

The World Without Us Is Legend?

The writer-director team behind I Am Legend is making a science fiction movie out of The World Without Us, the hit non-fiction book about the ultimate post-apocalyptic world: one without humans altogether. Obviously, director Francis Lawrence and writer Mark Protosevich are going to have to take some liberties with this book, since the Fox movie…

In The Futuristic Samson And Delilah, Will Robots Cut His Hair?

We’re all for futuristic Biblical remakes, but Samson and Delilah? That’s a tall order. But Warners is all set for this to be a possible tentpole flick. WB shelled out a hefty seven-figure sum in a bidding war to acquire the rights to Samson, which is set in the future and retells the tale of…

What Should the “I Am Legend” Prequel Be About?

After the tremendous success of I Am Legend, starring Will Smith as a scientist in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-plague-ravaged New York, Warners is going to follow up with a prequel. Director Francis Lawrence confirmed to Shock Til You Drop that the movie would star Smith, and would take place before the rise of the plague that…

io9 Talks To “I Am Legend” Designer David Lazan

The original concept art for I Am Legend was much bleaker and more post-apocalyptic than the movie’s final look. Production designer David Lazan talked to us about why he and director Francis Lawrence opted for a more gorgeous back-to-nature look. Our interview, plus a concept art gallery, after the jump. http://io9.com/333559/i-am-legend-is-beautiful-instead-of-scary I Am Legend concept…

“I Am Legend” Director Investigates Futuristic Plane Crashes

Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club was famously adapted into a total mindfuck of a film with heavy-handed satirical comments on America. His novel Survivor, which features a single passenger on a jet airplane dictating his life story into the plane’s black box before slamming into the Australian Outback, was set to become the next Palaniuk…

Will Smith’s journey as the last man in New York will end differently than planned. Warner Bros. made director Francis Lawrence reshoot the ending of I Am Legend, due in theaters Dec. 14. It’s not clear what changed, but CHUD speculates the new ending may be more action-packed and upbeat. [CHUD.com]