NEED TO KNOW
GET UP TO SPEED ON… 28 YEARS LATER
IT’S FINALLY BACK FROM THE DEAD
Some 22 years after 28 Days Later proved a monster horror hit (and 17 years since its sequel 28 Weeks Later), Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are reuniting to revive the franchise with a 28 Years Later trilogy.
Rumours of a continuation of the story have been kicking around since 2007, but Garland was reluctant to commit until the right idea materialised. “I resisted it for a long time because there were things about
28 Weeks
that bugged me,” he said in 2023. “I just thought, ‘Fuck that. I’d rather try to write a different story in a different world.’” Now, Boyle will direct the Garlandwritten first film in this broader trilogy, while
The Marvels’
Nia DaCosta is in talks to shoot the second. Both will reportedly be shot back-to-back later this year.