Will Smith's next film. Smith plays brilliant scientist Robert Neville who could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world.

The trailer can be seen here

Looks decent, but I think Charlton Heston's version (The Omega Man) will be regarded as the better of the two....for those who've seen it anyway.

And what's up with that awful cgi of the car?  It looks like a video game.

That cgi did look terrible! The movie itself look decent. Is it a horror film? Or more of a "Cast Away" type movie?

My sister-in-law is actually an extra in it.


Phil

I'm a big fan of the book, and thought the casting of Will Smith as Robert Neville was a terrible choice. But it looks like Will doesn't do any of his "aw, hell nah" routine or quip charming jokes. I still say he's not Robert Neville in my mind, but I'll live.

It looks like they captured the feel of the book pretty okay, but I'm disappointed we didn't get to see any of the vamps, or 'creatures' in the trailer. That's a pretty big incentive for me to go see it.

And the trailer should've ended with Cortman shouting "Neville!".

As for the Omega Man. It's pretty cheesy and dated these days. It probably has the the worst scoring of a movie in history, and while Heston is good as always, there are too many scenes with the mutants plotting how to kill Neville. I don't want the mutants to be demystified by them having a insidious Bond villain leader. It should be told only from Neville's perspective.

And to answer Zack's question, it's horror in a cast-away environment. Robert Neville is the last man on earth, except for thousands of vampires all wanting to kill him.

Maybe I should have included more of the synopsis in my original post. Sorry for any confusion.

Quoted Text Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable…and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City…and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by “the Infected”—victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while, the Infected lurk in the shadows, watching Neville’s every move, waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.

Quoted from Death Monkey And to answer Zack's question, it's horror in a cast-away environment. Robert Neville is the last man on earth, except for thousands of vampires all wanting to kill him.

Vampires?  The Omega Man had crazy albinos!  Now you tell me what's better than crazy albinos.

I think it's the campiness of the orignal that made me enjoy it so much.  I have no doubt that this will be an interesting watch (despite that horrible, horrible, car) but I've also prepared myself for some differences in what goes on in this movie as well.

Quoted from Shelton Vampires?  The Omega Man had crazy albinos!  Now you tell me what's better than crazy albinos. I think it's the campiness of the orignal that made me enjoy it so much.  I have no doubt that this will be an interesting watch (despite that horrible, horrible, car) but I've also prepared myself for some differences in what goes on in this movie as well.

Well, The Omega Man took several liberties in regard to its source material, most prominently adding a lot of human characters, including a Foxy Brown-esque love interest, and of course changing the creatures from vampires to light-shunning albino mutants who all wore black cult clothes. I like it, but it's still a pretty poor adaptation, IMO.

I hope for the best for this one. As long as they don't opt for all-out-action and crazy car-chases over the claustrophobic atmosphere of solidtude in the book, they'll be fine. I like Francis Lawrence as a visual director, so here's to hoping.

Quoted from Shelton The Omega Man had crazy albinos!  Now you tell me what's better than crazy albinos.

Maybe that's why The DaVinci Codes didn't do well in the theater.  Only one crazy albino....

I can picture Christopher Walken coming out, saying, "Needs more crazy albinos!"

Phil

IAA - International Association of Albinos with the word!

Quoted from Shelton Looks decent, but I think Charlton Heston's version (The Omega Man) will be regarded as the better of the two....for those who've seen it anyway.

Well if what you say is true and considering that (just in my opinion) The Omega Man is one of the worst films I have ever seen (actually i can't name a single Heston movie I even came close to liking) it does not bode well for me liking this movie

Vincent Price did it too in 1964 in THE LAST MAN ON EARTH a B/W Italian film.

http://french.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/

the movie was worst than Chuck Heston's one.

Michel 8)

I enjoyed Last Man on Earth better than Omega Man.  Vincent Price may not have fit the mental image I had of Neville from reading Richard Mattheson's book, but the story sticked more closely to the source novel -- probably because Mattheson also wrote the screenplay (though he used a pseudonym).

I'm unsure about Will Smith starring in this newer version, though.  Every time I think of him I have a flash of him slugging an alien in Independence Day while spouting, "Welcome to Earf."

I don't know.  We'll see.