A sequel to the 2007 last man on Earth movie I Am Legend starring Will Smith was in the works for a while, but never was able to find its legs. Warner Brothers isn’t ready to let that stop them from making more movies in the franchise, however. So instead of a sequel with Smith, they’ve decided to try rebooting the property entirely.

The story of how the reboot came to be is an interesting one at least. Warner Bros. acquired the rights to a spec script written by Gary Graham, an Apple store employee at the time who submitted his work on the Black List website, catching the attention of Creative Artists Agency, who then signed him. They sent out his script, it attracted plenty of attention, and the bidding war was on with WB coming out on top.

Part of the Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Books Made into Films, a list of 9 books that were adapted to film like I Am Legend and Midnight Cowboy, and more, for just $1.99 each.

Here’s are all 9 ebooks from the sale:

– I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
– The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
– Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy
– In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
– Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer
– The Vow by Kim Carpenter and Krickitt Carpenter
– The Cider House Rules by John Irving
– A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
– The Unforgiven by Alan LeMay

Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon is Richard Matheson‘s I Am Legend on sale for only $1.99 (that’s 75% off the regular price of $8.99). If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of I Am Legend, the book is also available in mass market paperback and trade paperback.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, August 13, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

You can visit the main sale page to see more of today’s deals and also be sure to check out this month’s Kindle deals: 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 or Less.

Richard Matheson, celebrated novelist and scriptwriter, passed away earlier this week at the age of 87 in Los Angeles. At this time, no confirmed information is available as to how or why he died. He is survived by his wife and four children (three of whom are authors, as well). He was scheduled to receive the Visionary Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films this Wednesday. The 39th annual Saturn Awards ceremony will be dedicated to him and he will receive the award posthumously.

Best known as an author, Matheson wrote stories that inspired artists from all walks of life. His best known novel, I Am Legend, has been adapted for film three credited times and has been an obvious influence for quite a few others. And while that is always the first book that leaps to mind, there are many others that have also been given life on the silver screen. His book What Dreams May Come is a favorite of mine, both in prose form and the film adaptation from 1998. Other adapted works include A Stir Of Echoes, Hell House and The Shrinking Man. Probably the most interesting adaptation was Duel, directed by a young Steven Spielberg, that was produced by Universal Studios as a made for TV movie.

Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon is Richard Matheson‘s I Am Legend is on sale for only $1.99 (that’s 75% off the regular price of $8.99). If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of I Am Legend, the book is also available in mass market paperback and trade paperback.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, February 24, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

Other ebook deals today include The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan for $2.99; When We Collide by A.L. Jackson for $1.99, and The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson for $2.99.

Be sure to check out this month’s Kindle deals: 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 or Less.

The Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Books Made into Films, a list of 20 books that were adapted to film like I Am Legend, Wizard’s First Rule, Slaughterhouse-Five, Red Alert/Dr. Strangelove, Who Goes There?The Thing, and more, for just $.99 each.

Here’s are all 20 ebooks from the sale:

– Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
– Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
– I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
– To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay
– The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
– Who Goes There? – Basis for The Thing by John W. Campbell
– Shoeless Joe – Filmed as Field Of Dreams by W. P. Kinsella
– Make Room! Make Room! – Filmed as Soylent Green by Harry Harrison
– Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy
– The Midwich Cuckoos – Basis for Village Of The Damned by John Wyndham
– Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
– Friday the Rabbi Slept Late – Filmed as Lanigan’s Rabbi by Harry Kemelman
– Fuzz by Ed McBain
– The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
– Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
– Red Alert – Basis for Dr. Strangelove by Peter Bryant
– An American Tragedy – Filmed as A Place In The Sun by Theodore Dreiser
– The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett
– In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
– The Brave Cowboy – Filmed as Lonely Are The Brave by Edward Abbey

The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley for only $2.99 each.

Note, this deal is valid through the end of today, Sunday, March 25, 2012, until 11:59pm PST. This title is part of Amazon’s Big Deal Kindle sale, where all ebooks are all $3.99 and under. Other ebook titles included in The Big Deal sale are books from the Kurt Vonnegut Series, as well as Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, Terry Goodkind’s Wizard First Rule, and all four books of the Samantha Moon series (only $.99).

– Samantha Moon: All Four Novels by J.R. Rain – $.99
– Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind – $2.99
– I Am Legend by Richard Matheson – $2.99
– The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell – $2.99

After I Am Legend pulled in $585 million worldwide back in 2007, it was pretty obvious that a sequel was all but guaranteed.

It’s been a little longer than expected, but now it appears that I Am Legend 2 is picking up speed. It’s being reported that Arash Amel has been hired to write a script for the sequel, and that Will Smith and Akiva Goldsman are attached as producers.

Every day, Amazon offers up “Lightning Deals,” limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Typically you don’t know what will be on sale until the minute it gets posted, but as a prelude to Black Friday, Amazon has released the Lightning Deal schedule and prices for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray for Monday, November 21, starting at 8:30am PST. See list of Monday’s deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST

The Cider House Rules
Blu-ray – $4.99

Muppet Five-Pack with Tin
DVD – $49.99

HD MOODS: Aquarium
Blu-ray – $7.49

HD MOODS: Fire
Blu-ray – $5.99

According to the trades, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have secured their first title in their venture with Imagenation Abu Dhabi. The film will be titled Earthbound, and it is based on the book of the same name from author Richard Matheson.

Matheson is an author whose books have been turned into many popular movies over the years. Among his many works that were turned into films exists titles like The Incredible Shrinking Man, Somewhere in Time, Stir of Echoes, What Dreams May Come, and I Am Legend, which was also The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man — all based on the books of Matheson. He even adapted some of the screenplays himself.