I Am Legend 2 Can Undo Will Smith's Worst First Movie Moment

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I Am Legend 2 has the opportunity to fix Will Smith's worst first movie moment: the euthanization of his dog, Sam.It has been 15 years since the 2007 post-apocalyptic film I Am Legend was released. Despite the film's financial success, Warner Bros. never released a sequel or a prequel to the adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend. Before the 2007 adaptation, the novel had been adapted two times, once in 1964 with Vincent Price and another in 1972 with the title The Omega Man. In all three adaptations, Robert Neville was a genius scientist who attempted to find a cure for an illness that turned people into vampiric creatures called Darkseekers. However, Warner Bros. learned that it is better late than never, and I Am Legend 2is finally in the works with Will Smith returning.

Sam's death was inspired by a passage in the 1954 novel where Robert Neville found a sick stray dog and tried to save its life. He took the dog into his home, but despite his best efforts, the dog died a week later. The dog's death added to the novel's overall theme of hopelessness. While in the 2007 film I Am Legend, Sam was a family pet that served as a companion for Neville. Samantha, played by a German Shephard named Abbey, was more than a pet to audiences but Neville's partner in crime.

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In one of the worst movie moments, Neville has to euthanize Sam after she is bit by a pack of Darkseeker dogs. In the novel, Neville's inability to save the stray was heartbreaking but to watch Will Smith strangle man's best friend was horrific. While the upcoming sequel I Am Legend 2may not be able to resurrect the loveable pup, the sequel could provide Neville with another