Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are behind the long-gestating '28 Days Later' sequel, which could launch a trilogy of zombie films and may return Cillian Murphy to his breakout role.

28 Years Later, the hot package from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, has landed at Sony.

The Culver City-based studio has come out on top after a protracted bidding war to win the rights to the sequel package to the 2002 horror classic 28 Days Later.

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have reunited to write and direct the sequel, which also comes with a Part 2, to be written by Garland. Boyle would only direct the first project, with the sequel’s director to be determined at a later stage. Cillian Murphy, whose career was launched thanks to the original movie, is also returning, as an executive producer. The Oppenheimer star could also possibly act in the project, although details are being quarantined.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    This definitely looks like it’s going to happen and if Cillian Murphy is exec producing then it is pretty likely he’ll step in front of the camera at some point.

  • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    28 Days Later premiered in November 2002 (in the U.K., everyone else got it in summer of 2003). If this movie doesn’t come out in 2030 then someone deserves to get sued

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com
    64·
    9 months ago

    I hope they treat it as a post-post-apocalypse, with proper communities and what not