Over twenty years after he set his infected loose upon the streets of London, Danny Boyle is returning to the world of 28 Days Later to direct a potential trilogy launching sequel.
According to The Hollywood Reporter Boyle will reunite with Alex Garland, who wrote the groundbreaking original, for 28 Years Later, with the hope of launching a new trilogy of films.
Boyle is confirmed as director of the first installment, while Garland would write all three. The budget for each movie is reported to be in the $75 million range.
2002’s 28 Days Later was made for $8 million, and went on to gross $85.7 million at the worldwide box-office. It also launched the career of Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy, who as recently as last year revealed that he’d be keen on a return to Boyle’s apocalyptic landscape.
A really-rather-good sequel was released in 2007 in the form of the Robert Carlyle-headlined 28 Weeks Later, which Boyle and Garland executive produced, but it didn’t make the same kind of impact as the original ($65M WW).
Per THR, years of rumours and speculation should come to an end later this week when Boyle and Garland shop the project to potential buyers.
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