The idea of life after the world as we know it has come to an end has provided inspiration for artists since the movies learned how to talk. #TheLastOfUs is the latest series to explore post-apocalyptic themes, joining a long list of films that have shaped our culture. Tonight, we look at films exploring the end times with THE OMEGA MAN ('71) starring Charles Heston as the last human in an apocalyptic world, based on Richard Matheson's novel I AM LEGEND. Our After the Apocalypse night of program

On August 1, 1971 “The Omega Man” was released in theaters! Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The film's producer, Walter Seltzer, went on to work with Heston again in the dystopian science-fiction film Soylent Green in 1973. The Omega Man is the second adaptation of Matheson's novel. The first was The Last Man on Earth (1964), w

Before Will Smith's I Am Legend, the 1971 film Omega Man originally adapted the iconic book for the big screen. Here's how the two films compare! | GameSpot