A production source writes in to report that Depp would NOT be playing the role of Cortman/main villian in the film. Apparently that character (from Mark Protosevich’s script) has been excised completely. Depp, we now learn, would be playing a fellow survivor that Smith’s character finds named Philip. So no Depp as a crazy vampire/zombie leader? We take back everything we said below. Except the part about rooting against Will Smith. Another tidbit thrown our way about LEGEND talks about the evolution of the creatures in the film. Akiva Goldsman’s rewrite has the monsters unable to "speak at all, and they’re much more primal and unintelligent." Good things? We all know around here that Johnny Depp is a legend. He’s our mascot for chrissake. But could Depp be in LEGEND? I AM LEGEND? Wilson from BlackFilm.com is reporting that Depp has been cast alongside Will Smith in the upcoming adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic post-apocalyptic vampire movie. Depp would play the villainous head vampire Ben Cortman, who used to be the neighbor of Smith’s character. Johnny Depp as a crazy bad-ass vampire? Ohh man this is almost too good to be true. This might pose a problem though as we’ll have a hard time rooting for Will Smith if he’s battling Johnny Depp. Can they let the bad guy win just once? Frances Lawrence (CONSTANTINE) is directing LEGEND, which is scheduled to begin production this fall. Depp recently pushed back filming on one of his pet projects SHANTARAM after director Peter Weir dropped out due to creative differences. Hopefully we’ll hear confirmation from Warner Bros. soon regarding this juicy little casting nugget.
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