28 DAYS LATER sequel ( 28 weeks later )

Variety writes:
Fox Searchlight is putting together a sequel to "28 Days Later," the stylish Danny Boyle-directed horror film that became a sleeper fall hit in 2002.

While the studio would confirm only that a sequel is in the works, sources said the tentative title is "28 Weeks Later" and that the studio is circling Rowan Joffe to write the script.

Joffe, son of "The Killing Fields" director Roland Joffe, co-wrote the BBC pic "Last Resort."

Boyle is not expected to direct the sequel, though he and screenwriter Alex Garland likely will take producing roles alongside the first pic's producer, Andrew Macdonald.

The low-budget original concerned a virus-driven plague that wiped out most of England and left a handful of survivors fleeing from rage-filled murderous zombies. It grossed $45 million in the U.S. and north of $25 million overseas.

Star Cillian Murphy now is playing the villainous Scarecrow in pic "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan.

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this is going to be ultra dumb. How can there be a sequel that takes place 24 weeks after the original?......um..all the infected died at the end, they starved to death. Nobody to carry on the virus.......

I doubt it will get made. It will be thrown out shortly I bet. Horrible idea.

It's more than likely a crossover film, combining "28 Days Later" and "28 Days".

Plot:
Jim (Cillian Murphy), soon after his brush with death in the indie smash "28 Days Later", developed a horrible drinking problem. Leaving Selena behind, Jim starts his trek in search of "28 Days" Gwen (Sandra Bulloch), in hopes to gain a new perspective on life and grasp sobriety.

His travels take him to Portugal, Spain, where Gwen has had a relapse, and crashed another limo into another house. Both find love, sobriety, and a newfound friendship in Zack Daniels, a drunken zombie who survived the worldwide viral plague by swilling booze, played by the charismatic "Piano Man", Billy Joel.

I know im going offtopic but do you really own all those dvds evil dead?

um....yeah....

I hope this doesn't get made, 28 Days Later stands alone as on of the finest horror films of this decade. A sequel will do it far more harm than good, especially if Danny Boyle isn't attached.

the only acceptable way to expand the story for me would be to:

- prequel.......14 days later or something..........show all the mayhem that was occuring in the streets that is only talked about in past tense in 28 days later.

- Another 28 Days Later..........taking place in the same time period, yet focusing on different characters and how they are dealing with the situation.

There was an interesting statement made in the original which was never expanded on. It was said that there were cases of the outbreak reported in Paris and New York (i think), I would have liked to have seen to what extent the virus effected the rest of the world and how it was dealt with. This is a possible route for the sequel to take.

I think this is kind of a rip offf the Stand.Just without the zombies 😄

Thats a big dvd collection Evil Dead how many years did it take ?

3 1/2

😱

I dont even own half that many 😕 and most em are corny oldies my mom buys 😬

just heard that there is going to be a sequel...is this good or bad??
danny boyle wont be directing it though..thats probably bad!
but he might be producer...thats good!

anyway what are your thoughts??

This is the 3rd thread in as many weeks Re: "28 Weeks Later".

Go here to follow up, because this will surely be locked, after one being started yesterday as well..

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=297921&highlight=28+weeks+later

soz i didnt bother checkin for other threads

Originally posted by dean7879
soz i didnt bother checkin for other threads

cheers

At the end of the first movie, a airplaine see's them and says on the raido in french " Send the helicopter " So I'm assumeing there going to be taken to Paris. Witch would leave tons of room for new things. Just cause the infected starved to death in england, dosn't mean there not thriving in Paris or anywhere ealse in the world. Think about it.

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interesting....
I really hope it's not total crap.

Ive seen this happen so many times, a low budget movie makes a huge profit at the box office so a big budget sequel is inevitable. The big budget follow ups are nearly always rubbish.