"28 Years Later" is coming.

[Rich Watson]

I was about to make a joke about it being far too soon and then I realised "28 Days Later" is 22 years old this year. (God, I'm old.)

Alex Garland and Danny Boyle are back to write and direct.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/28-years-later-in-the-works-1235783306/

 

[The Nth Doctor]

They've been talking about doing a third film for years so I'm glad it's finally happening. Although I'm surprised they're skipping over Months...and doing a trilogy!

I loved everything about Days, from the cast and the low-budget production and the music and everything in between. I'm shocked to this day that one of my favorite bands, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, who are notoriously anti-corporation, agreed to have some of their music included in the film (but specifically not on the score release).

I would love to see Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Megan Burns return in some form, although Burns is retired from acting from what I recall.

One of these days I should give Weeks another try. I've only seen it the one time, and while I appreciate that it didn't try to repeat what Days did, it still didn't work for me.

 

[Starkers]

I really liked Weeks, in fact in some respects I liked it better than Days. It isn't clear whether Weeks will still exist in the continuity or whether they'll skip that and Years will be a straightforward sequel to Days. The opening scenes of Weeks are genuinely terrifying.

I'm intrigued as to how they will propel the story. For all that it plays like a zombie film, and reinvigorated the zombie genre, it isn't a zombie movie. The Rage Virus doesn't resurrect the dead, it just drives you nuts so, as evidenced by the end of Days and the beginning of Weeks, eventually the infected starve to death and the virus burns itself out. I thought the way Weeks got around this was very clever, presumably 28 Years Later will either feature the virus surviving somewhere, perhaps having evolved to not kill its host, or else some nutso scientists will try and create the virus again for...reasons.

Garland and Boyle's involvement is positive (if I'm honest I'd kinda like Garland to write and direct)

 

[Starbreaker]

28 Days Later is one of my favorite movies. I used to watch it every year or so. I’m very excited about this. If Harris is back, they would have to give her some age makeup because she looks the same.