Danny Boyle Is "Tempted" To Make Third 28 Days Later Movie: "It Feels Like A Very Good Time Actually"
The script for a third 28 Days Later movie — called 28 Months Later — has been around for years, said Danny Boyle.
Danny Boyle is "tempted" to complete his 28 Days Later trilogy.
Boyle helmed the Cillian Murphy-led 28 Days Later zombie pic in 2002, and handed the directorial baton to Juan Carlos Fresnadilo for the 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later, starring Jeremy Renner. And now, the Oscar-winning filmmaker is considering making another chapter.
In an NME interview marking the original movie's 20th anniversary, Boyle said the script for 28 Months Later — by Alex Garland, who penned the original — has been ready for a few years.
“I’d be very tempted [to direct it],” Boyle said. "It feels like a very good time actually. It's funny. I hadn't thought about it until you just said it, and I remembered 'Bang, this script!' which is again set in England, very much about England. Anyway, we'll see... who knows?"
The original movie starred Murphy as bicycle courier Jim, a man who wakes from a coma to find London deserted after a viral infection decimates society, and Boyle knew that it would be a success immediately.
Boyle recalled: "I instantly knew the film was something very special. I remember reading the first ten pages of [Alex Garland's script], thinking, 'This is brilliant'."
He continued: "It was like a quarter of a page. He wanders around London on his own and you just thought, 'Oh my God!'
"What an amazing idea: a deserted London. It's actually come to haunt us [since Covid]. We complain how overcrowded [cities] are and about the stress, and then in an instant, life as we know it in many, many different forms can empty them."
Murphy revealed that he would jump at the chance to return for the third film. The Peaky Blinders actor said: "I think there's a problem with that, in that I'm 20 years older.
"But every time I do bump into Danny or Alex I always mention it. Because I showed it to my kids recently, some Halloween about four or five years ago, and they loved it.
"It really stands up, which is amazing for a film that's 20 years old. So yeah, I love the idea and it's very appealing to me."— BANG SHOWBIZ
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