28 YEARS LATER Zombie Movie in the Works with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are officially teaming up to make another sequel for its 2002 zombie horror movie 28 Days Later The film is titled 28 Years Later and the hope to to launch a trilogy of horror films. As they are developing the project, they will be shopping the project around to studios and streaming services.
Boyle, Garland, and franchise star Cillian Murphy have been talking about getting this sequel off the ground for years, so it’s exciting to see that it’s actually moving forward!
This sequel was supposed to move forward several years ago but it never did. In a previous interview, Boyle teased his interest in making the film, saying: “I’d be very tempted [to direct it]. It feels like a very good time actually. It’s funny, I hadn’t thought about it until you just said it, and I remembered ‘Bang, this script!’ which is again set in England, very much about England. Anyway, we’ll see… who knows?”
Boyle went on to explain: “It might come back into focus because one of the things that’s happening in the business at the moment is it has to be a big reason for you to go to the cinema, because there are less and less reasons. It’s hard for companies distributing films and for cinema chains to show films, they’re struggling to get people into the cinema unless it’s something like Top Gun: Maverick or a Marvel. But a third part would get people in, if it was half-decent.”
Now the film is actually in focus and being developed and shopped around. As for what we can expect, when previously teasing the third movie, Garland said: "I have got a really cool idea for it, but it's a much bigger movie, and one of the things about 28 Days Later is that it was small and punk and this idea is less small and punk. But me and Danny speak about it. Every couple of years it will come up, or going, 'Do you want to do that?' and then for some reason it never happens."
Murphy previously said: “Every time I do bump into Danny or Alex I always mention it. I showed it to my kids recently — some Halloween about four or five years ago — and they loved it. It really stands up, which is amazing for a film that’s 20 years old. So yeah, I love the idea and it’s very appealing to me.”
But, it’s happening now! The project is looking for a production budget of around $75 million. Are you excited to learn that Boyle and Garland are developing a 28 Years Later movie?
Source: Variety