![]() ![]() Scott even had character effects company Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc (ADI) create prosthetic sculptures and makeup tests for the beings, with legendary special effects artists Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. Hints of antagonistic villainy whisper through their otherwise dead eyes, and they don nothing but rudimentary garbs made out of repurposed trash, giving them a uniquely urban-tribal aesthetic. They appear sickly, almost skeletal with their bones prominently showing through their pale, emaciated flesh. There is concept art for Scott's vision of the film that includes images of the Darkseekers. The entire first hour would contain no dialogue, and it would focus on Robert Neville's severe isolation and depression as the last man alive. While the Logan draft made the Darkseekers more animalistic and unhinged, the story was more of a psychological thriller than a straightforward action film. Together, they wrote a new script- one that neared closer to Lawrence's eventual film in some ways but also contained a few esoteric qualities that never saw the light of day. Scott had his qualms with Protosevich's story, though, and replaced him with screenwriter John Logan. However, it took place in San Francisco rather than New York and depicted the vampiric mutants-referred to as Darkseekers- as retaining elements of civility and intelligence, more like those in The Omega Man and less like the zombie monsters in Lawrence's final vision. ![]() Much like the finished 2007 film, Protosevich's initial script placed Robert Neville in a post-apocalyptic 21st century. ![]() With Scott best known for Alien and Blade Runner at the time, he seemed like a natural fit to make an updated, sci-fi-heavy version of I Am Legend. ![]()
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