28 Years Later
Summary
The28 Days Latersaga is continuing with the long - awaited threequel,28 Years Later , intended to kickstart a new trilogy – but there ’s only one plot line that the motion-picture show can use to justify launching a whole trilogy . A28 Years Latertrilogy was first announce to be in development with original manufacturer Andrew Macdonald and former Fox Searchlight chief Peter Rice in January 2024.28 Days Laterdirector Danny Boyle is on plank to lead the first installment in the new trilogy , while franchise Divine Alex Garland will write the script for all three .
It ’s certainly a daring plan to make not one , but three sequels to one of the most pop zombie franchises of all fourth dimension . There ’s almost by all odds a strong narrative behind the trilogy , because Boyle and Garland would n’t have signed on to make28 Years Laterif that was n’t the case . But28 Days Laterand , to a lesser extent , itsfirst sequel,28 week afterward , were both small - scale post - apocalyptical thriller that rivet on individual survivors in a not - so - unfearing young world . If28 Years Lateris going to rationalise kicking off a three - part epic , there ’s only one plot line it can accompany .
28 Years Later’s New Trilogy Needs To Go Global (Not Stay In London)
The programme to makean entire new28 Years Latertrilogycan only be justified by going beyond the series ’ UK set and telling a more global report . Both28 Days Laterand28 Weeks Laterare confine to the UK , butthe infection ca n’t just be confined to the UK . If the zombie apocalypse has continued to devastate Britain for more than a quarter of a century , then surely other countries around the world are being bear upon by it , too . What ’s fit on in zombi - infested Paris , or zombi - infested Tokyo , or the zombie - overrun United States ?
receive just madeCivil War , Garland has a deep understanding of what a chaotic , post - fatal America would take care like . Now , he can imagine what the28 Days Laterversion of America would look like . If28 geezerhood Lateris project to protrude an larger-than-life three - part tale on the scale ofStar WarsorThe Lord of the Rings , it postulate to expand its scope to show the shock of the living dead computer virus on the residual of the Earth . If all three28 Years Latermovies stay stuck in the UK , the series will take off to sense dusty and repetitive .
The third28 Days Laterfilm was in the first place titled28 month after .
28 Years Later Going Global Would Risk Losing What Made The First Movie Great
While it would be exciting for28 Years Laterto go worldwide and explore the effects of the zombi apocalypse on other countries , it would chance losing what made the first movie so great : the Britishness . When28 Days Latercame out , zombi pic were nothing new , but Boyle and Garland brought the musical genre to a unexampled background with its portrayal of a deserted London full of zombified Londoners . They put out to bring George A. Romero’sNight of the Living Deadformula to the UK , tackling the UK ’s social issues where Romero tackled American military issue .
It could also ruin the intimate , character - focused feel of the original film.28 Days Laterdidn’t set out to show the intact scope of the zombie Revelation of Saint John the Divine ; it showed it all through the eyes ofCillian Murphy ’s survivor lineament Jim . That refreshing intimacy and small scale would go out the windowpane if28 Years Latergoes overseasto research other corner of the world . go global risks turning28 Years LaterintoWorld War Z.
28 Years Later In London Would Be Better Than A Whole Trilogy
candidly , there ’s no indigence for a whole28 Years Latertrilogy . fan of28 Days Laterand28 Weeks Laterhave been clamoring for a third pic , but no one asked for a third picture , a 4th movie , and a fifth movie all at once – it could be overkill . It would be good for28 Years Laterto keep up its British setting and intimate scale and just tell one large story before see if audiences want more . Making a whole trilogy aright off the at-bat might be jumping the gun and putting the cart before the horse .
It might seem like a rehash to set28 Years Laterin London , but it would be a totally different storey . In28 Days Later , Boyle and Garland explore the immediate aftermath of the zombi computer virus ’ eruption as smart set was still adjusting to life in a post - apocalyptic reality . But in28 old age after , they can explore the same zombie Book of Revelation in the long terminus , with the whim of a “ new normal . ”
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