Films about infectious diseases (Film Guide): 12 Monkeys, The Story of Louis Pasteur, 28 Days Later, I Am Legend, Blindness, Doomsday

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 45. Chapters: 12 Monkeys, The Story of Louis Pasteur, 28 Days Later, I Am Legend, Blindness, Doomsday, 28 Weeks Later, Cabin Fever, The Last Man on Earth, Panic in the Streets, The Omega Man, The Andromeda Strain, REC, Virus, Outbreak, Transporter 2, The Crazies, The Satan Bug, The Masque of the Red Death, The Killer That Stalked New York, Shivers, Warm Springs, Camille, Rabid, Sister Kenny, Ebola Syndrome, Monsieur Vincent. Excerpt: I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It is the third feature film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. Smith plays virologist Robert Neville, who is immune to a vicious man-made virus originally created to cure cancer. He works to create a remedy while living in Manhattan in 2012, a city inhabited by violent victims of the virus. The film's plot is an example of a "Last Man on Earth" story. Warner Bros. began developing I Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene at the Brooklyn Bridge, the most expensive scene ever filmed in the city at the time. I Am Legend was released on December 14, 2007, in the United States, and opened to the largest ever box office (not counting for inflation) for a non-Christmas film released in the U.S. in December. The film was the seventh highest grossing film of 2007, earning $276 million domestically and $329 million internationally, for a total of $585 million. In December 2009, military virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Will Smith), ...