Posted: Wed., Sep. 20, 2006, 9:00pm PT

Thesp takes on 'Legend'

Braga sinking teeth into pic

Warner Bros. Pictures has found its leading lady for Will Smith starrer "I Am Legend" in Brazilian thesp Alice Braga.

Helmer Francis Lawrence is set to start lensing the long-gestating film in Gotham this fall.

Scribes Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich adapted Richard C. Matheson's novel; story revolves around three lone survivors of the apocalypse who are forced to battle vampire-like beings in an empty New York City.

Goldsman is producing with Erwin Stoff, David Heyman and Neal Moritz.

Braga ("City of God") next stars alongside Mos Def and Brendan Fraser in indie film "A Journey to the End of the Night," which preemed at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. She most recently starred in Brazilian film "Lower City" and opposite Diego Luna in Sundance entry "Solo Dios sabe."


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