Will Smith had no intention of returning to I Am Legend, until Michael B. Jordan came along.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Smith was attending the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Monday, March 7th when he revealed his excitement for the new story and working with co-star Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther).

“The idea came up,” Smith told ET. “I can’t talk about it yet. But it’s a really, really cool concept and he [Jordan] was a part of creating the idea.”

The Men in Black star is keeping details close to the vest, but he will also executive produce alongside Jordan.

“It was one of those ones I was gonna leave alone, and then I heard the idea,” he added, then he told himself: “‘But that might work. I think we can do that.’”

I Am Legend features Smith’s Robert Neville as the last man in New York City after a virus has wiped out humanity, turning them into vampire mutants. Fans of Smith’s post-apocalyptic drama know that he did not survive that film, so any ideas for a sequel must address that, possibly by using Smith in flashbacks or some other device, like making Jordan’s story take place at the same time Smith’s did in the first film. No plot details are available, of course.

Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel for the original 2007 movie, also is returning to script the follow-up, and will produce as well. No director is attached to the project yet. Francis Lawrence (Red Sparrow) helmed the original.

Smith is is currently one of the Best Actor Oscar frontrunners for his performance as Richard Williams in King Richard. He’s already won at the African American Film Critics Association Awards, Black Reel Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and the SAG Awards and has nominations for a BAFTA and the Critics Choice Movie Awards.

The first I Am Legend tallied $256.4M domestically and $585.4M worldwide. Together, Jordan and Smith’s movies have grossed a staggering $12.3 billion worldwide.