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http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40278/exclusive-danny-boyle-directing-next-28-days-later-sequel

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For those wondering, this news has come from Boyle himself. The director indicated to a good friend of our site that "there's another 28 Days Later in the works." When asked if the title would be 28 Months Later, Boyle replied "In theory, yes." Immediately the next question was if he'd be producing, to which Boyle responded, "Actually I want to direct it." There you have it, kids. From the horse's mouth.

lock if old

 

[spiderman123]

is he related to

by chance


but how can he go from slum dog to this.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

It better be done by Danny Boyle!

 

[Replicant]

So that's like.....2.5 years after the first film?

 

[Cosmonaut X]

but how can he go from slum dog to this.

...the same way he went from 28 Days Later to Millions? Or from Millions to Sunshine?

 

[UrbanRats]

I loved 28 days later, but HATED 28 weeks later(except the initial bit in the house).
So i don't know what to think.

 

[spiderman123]

...the same way he went from 28 Days Later to Millions? Or from Millions to Sunshine?

i always thought he moved passed making movies like 28 days later. I remembered him giving an interview to AMC saying he wasn't going to make such movies again.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

awesome

 

[Cosmonaut X]

i always thought he moved passed making movies like 28 days later. I remembered him giving an interview to AMC saying he wasn't going to make such movies again.

He's only really made one movie like 28 Days Later (he was producer on 28 Weeks... IIRC) and if anything, Danny Boyle's filmography shows that he doesn't like to get pigeonholed making movies in one particular genre; Trainspotting/Shallow Grave could have done that, so he broke off in a new direction with A Life Less Ordinary/The Beach, then again with 28 Days Later, again with Millions and again with Sunshine and Slumdog Millionaire.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he had said he wasn't going to return to the 28... series (especially if the rights issue was complicated, as suggested in another interview) but changed his mind a few years down the line.

 

[Rei_Toei]

WANT

 

[Kentpaul]

Slumdog sucked. these are the type of films that made him

 

[fortified_concept]

Excellent, I love this franchise even though the sequel wasn't nearly as good as the first movie.

 

[Busty]

I heard this 'franchise' was tied up with some copyright 'issues' (or legal problems anyway) because the rights were tied between Fox, DNA Films and....someone else.

I wouldn't mind seeing another '28' film but I'd rather see someone else helm than Boyle again.

Excellent, I love this franchise even though the sequel wasn't nearly as good as the first movie.

I actually enjoyed the sequel more. It's a 'leaner' film, there is far too much 'fat' on the first film for my liking.

I seem to remember the film going completely off the rails when Chris Eccleston's character gets involved.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

I seem to remember the film going completely off the rails when Chris Eccleston's character gets involved.

It does kind of veer off a little, but it's an interesting diversion (if a little too reminiscent of Day of the Triffids).

 

[Lakitu]

28 Days Later was so good. Hope he makes this.

 

[TheVampire]

You know when you think about it, the people in the 28dayslaster world are much better off than the people in the Residetnevil word because the zombies arnt really zombies and will just starve to death

But real zombies, those mother fuckers will be around allways

 

[Busty]

You know when you think about it, the people in the 28dayslaster world are much better off than the people in the Residetnevil word because the zombies arnt really zombies and will just starve to death.

There is a simple explanation for this.

British zombies are the best in the World.

Foreigners just can't 'do zombie' right.

That's right! I SAID IT!

 

[Replicant]

I actually enjoyed the sequel more. It's a 'leaner' film, there is far too much 'fat' on the first film for my liking.

I agree. It may be considered as sacrilege but I thought the sequel was far more exciting and tense. I like the original only until they start having picnic in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere then the whole army thing just messed the whole tension and turned the film into a hodge-podge of zombies/military stuff.

At least the sequel is consistent balls to balls zombie action. And the opening sequence is one of the most tense, memorable scene I've seen in horror film.

 

[brianjones]

i thought 28 weeks later was surprisingly good

rose byrne <3

 

[EatChildren]

For me, Days is a significantly better film than Weeks, but I still enjoyed the sequel heaps. The house sequence at the start is probably my favourite scene across both films. Also, Rose Byrne is crazy sexy.

 

[Rei_Toei]

I hope Tammy returns. Poots <3

 

[Sullen]

There were parts of 28 weeks later that were good, but some of the characters behaved in such unrealistically stupid ways that I wanted to pound my head against a wall until I could forget.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Not undead, not zombies.

 

[Puddles]

I can't forgive the director of 28 Weeks Later for the way he fucked up the outbreak scene with quick cuts, stupid angles, poor lighting, stupid colored lenses and all-around terrible editing.

In the hands of someone skilled, that could have been one of the most visceral and disturbing scenes ever put to camera. Instead it... wasn't.

One of the best parts of the first film is when a survivor describes an outbreak at the airport and how he survived by climbing over people to get to a safe spot. I always dreamed about what a scene like that would look like if someone actually filmed it, but when they tried to do something like it in 28 Weeks Later it was a colossal disappointment.

 

[Painraze]

I'm waiting for 28 Decades Later.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Days is honestly one of my favorite films ever.
Still haven't seen Weeks.

 

[Krev]

I loved 28 days later, but HATED 28 weeks later(except the initial bit in the house).
So i don't know what to think.

You should probably think, 'hurray!', since Boyle only produced 28 Weeks Later.

 

[Puddles]

Boyle would have made the outbreak scene in Weeks look infinitely better. Would have been the zombie scene of the forever.

 

[Raide]

Not sure if I want this.

Loved the first film, 2nd was ok but I really cannot see what else they will do. Like the second one but larger scale?

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Not sure if I want this.

Loved the first film, 2nd was ok but I really cannot see what else they will do. Like the second one but larger scale?

...or more intimate? Society attempting to rebuild in the aftermath of the outbreak, dealing with how they survived, less focus on the big "zombie" scenes? Probably not the most commercial way to approach it - and almost certainly not the kind of treatment that anyone bankrolling it would want - but there are other ways to go with the setup.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I liked Days and Weeks. The only thing I hated about weeks was

Spoiler

The way the dad seemed to stalk the kids like Jason or Michael Myers. That element sucked.

Other than that, I liked the movie.

 

[Mechanical Snowman]

For some reason I can't remember 28 Weeks very much, but I remember liking it.

28 Days was brilliant though, and the soundtrack was so haunting.

Will watch '28 Months' but they should change the title.

 

[Raide]

...or more intimate? Society attempting to rebuild in the aftermath of the outbreak, dealing with how they survived, less focus on the big "zombie" scenes? Probably not the most commercial way to approach it - and almost certainly not the kind of treatment that anyone bankrolling it would want - but there are other ways to go with the setup.

The problem I can see happening is that you will basically get people rebuilding, saying everything is nice and safe...another outbreak and people die. That sounds like the second film again. 2.5 years either means the whole world is over-run or its back to normal with no infection. Not sure I want Land of the Dead: 28 Weeks Edition, nor do I really want 28 Weeks: Part 2.

The first film was great because it was the early days of the outbreak and it followed a small group who you actually cared about. The film was much more intimate, since you got to see how the interaction between the character panned out, especially near the end when he went all feral. :lol

I still wish they carried on with the characters from the first film and what happened to them further along the line.

I will wait to see what happens but I really don't want a big budget film with millions of infected and the army running around.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Fucking AWESOME!

I have been waiting for this news for ages.

28 Days Later is not only my favourite horror movie ever, but easily one of my favourite movies ever.

Last time he spoke about months was like 2.5 years ago.

 

[Chairman Yang]

28 Weeks Later was utterly terrible. I can stand a little bit of unrealistic character stupidity in a zombie movie, but this movie took it to a whole new level that utterly destroyed any tension or verisimilitude.

I'd rather the franchise just stays dead, but if it has to linger on, Danny Boyle could do a good job.

 

[harSon]

Don't let Alex Garland pen the script, please.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

The problem I can see happening is that you will basically get people rebuilding, saying everything is nice and safe...another outbreak and people die. That sounds like the second film again. 2.5 years either means the whole world is over-run or its back to normal with no infection. Not sure I want Land of the Dead: 28 Weeks Edition, nor do I really want 28 Weeks: Part 2.

I didn't mean to suggest that you have another outbreak - in fact, you could go the route of having no "zombies" at all, except in flashbacks or mentioned in character dialogue, and just deal with what it would be like to have survived that kind of event, and what society would look like on the other side. Plenty of space there for interesting character drama, speculation on reshaped societies, poetic imagery of abandoned cities and the human world being reclaimed by nature etc.

...what that wouldn't be is in any way commercial, and it would undoubtedly upset the people coming to a 28... film looking for "zombies" and chaos

 

[Reseil]

I loved 28 days later, but HATED 28 weeks later(except the initial bit in the house).
So i don't know what to think.

.

 

[demosthenes]

I didn't mean to suggest that you have another outbreak - in fact, you could go the route of having no "zombies" at all, except in flashbacks or mentioned in character dialogue, and just deal with what it would be like to have survived that kind of event, and what society would look like on the other side. Plenty of space there for interesting character drama, speculation on reshaped societies, poetic imagery of abandoned cities and the human world being reclaimed by nature etc.

...what that wouldn't be is in any way commercial, and it would undoubtedly upset the people coming to a 28... film looking for "zombies" and chaos

Haha, I was reading the first paragraph and thinking your last sentence

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Don't let Alex Garland pen the script, please.

Fuck that! I have no problem with Garland's third act in Days. He's a great writer and when he teams up with Boyle we usually get something special.

 

[Dyno]

I loved 28 days later, but HATED 28 weeks later(except the initial bit in the house).
So i don't know what to think.

Exactly.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

I'd love to see a 28 months later directed by him.

 

[Jex]

I would be pretty excited for a Boyle directed sequel, that's for sure.

 

[koam]

What is this website and why would Boyle talk exclusively to them?

I demand a prequel. 28 minutes earlier.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

28 Weeks Later was utterly terrible.

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!


It was awesome. :/

 

[andycapps]

Good news if this is true. I found 28 weeks later a little stale and uneven in spots. The opening was great, as everyone else mentioned. There were a couple standout parts, but it just wasn't consistently awesome like 28 Days Later. And screw this revisionist history on GAF that hates that movie now. It'll be funny if that ever happens to Inception.

 

[Busty]

What is this website and why would Boyle talk exclusively to them?

I demand a prequel. 28 minutes earlier.

How about an 'erotic sequel' starring Peter North as a lone solider trying to single handedly 'restart' the human race.

28 Cheeks Later.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Good news if this is true. I found 28 weeks later a little stale and uneven in spots. The opening was great, as everyone else mentioned. There were a couple standout parts, but it just wasn't consistently awesome like 28 Days Later. And screw this revisionist history on GAF that hates that movie now. It'll be funny if that ever happens to Inception.

Once GAF realises that most audiences like Inception, I think you'll find the backlash come in spades.

 

[Insane Metal]

OMFG I can't wait!

I love both movies.

 

[equil]

This is awesome. I didn't think they'd make another one.