Alex Garland Has a Big Idea for a Third 28 DAYS LATER Zombie Movie

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 28 Days Later was an awesomely fresh take on the zombie franchise. I remember being blown away by it when it was first released because it was different than anything I’d ever seen before in a zombie movie. Then there was the follow-up film 28 Weeks Later, which was also great, and it was a very different kind of story than the first film, which I appreciated.

Well, Garland says he has an idea for a third film that could be even bigger than the first two and he talks to Boyle about it every now, but they haven’t decided to pull the trigger on it yet. In a recent interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, the writer explained:

"It's possible. It's one of those things ... Everybody needs to want to do it and, every now and then, partly because I think about paying off my mortgage or something like that, I think, 'Hmm, that would be a good idea.' But then, me personally, never quite have enough motivation to follow it through.

"A long time has passed and 28 Days Later, when it arrived [it was] fresh, and I don't think it's fresh anymore. I think it actually, speaking of conversations, 28 Days Later joined the zombie conversation, that genre. It did its thing, which is great. It was nice to be part of that, really.

"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."

I'd be very curious to see what Garland’s idea is for this third zombie movie! Maybe one day, when the motivation is there, these guys will actually get out there and make it. Would you like to see a third film in this 28 Days Later franchise?