Summary
28 Years Latergets a new filming update, and the movie is reportedly now in production on a small English island. Writen by Alex Garland, Danny Boyle’s28 Days Laterwas released in 2002, introducing audiences to Cillian Murphy’s Jim. Murphy, Boyle, and Garland did not return for sequel28 Weeks Laterin 2007, though that’s set to change with the upcoming third installment.28 Years Lateris confirmedto feature Boyle back as director with a script from Garland, and Murphy is set to reprise his role as Jim opposite Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
A new report from theBBCreveals that28 Years Lateris now filming on Holy Island, a picturesque island off the coast of North East England. According to the report, film crews have also been spotted in Newcastle and Kielder Forest. “Hundreds” of locals have reportedly been cast as extras in the film, with the production looking for “athletic types” to play people afflicted with the Rage Virus, which turns its victims into zombie-like monsters.
England Is Crucial To The 28 Days Later Franchise
28 Years Later Could Stay True To The Franchise’s Roots
28 Years Later’s filming in England continues a trend for the franchise.The first film memorably opens with Jim waking up in London, which is seemingly completely empty. After some intense London chase scenes showing off the effects of28 Days Later’s Rage Virus, Jim ends up in Manchester, and the film ultimately concludes in Cumbria, a county in North West England. In addition to taking place in England, the first film was also entirely shot there.
28 Weeks Laterlargely continues to tell a very English story. Thesequel opens with an intense action sequence in rural England before then returning to the streets of London. While most of the characters are once again British, the sequel mixes this up somewhat by revealing that NATO forces have taken control of Britain. Jeremy Renner, an American, plays Doyle in the film, but the twomain characters of28 Weeks Laterare Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton).
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The details surrounding 28 Years Later’s story are still under wraps but one can still speculate how the film will treat Cillian Murphy’s Jim’s return
The end of28 Weeks Latersees the infection spread to Paris, but thelatest filming announcement for28 Years Latersuggests the upcoming third film will continue to stay true to the franchise’s rootsand tell a story largely contained to the UK. This would ultimately be fitting given that the three main pillars of the first film, Murphy, Boyle, and Garland, are all returning. Many questions remain about28 Years Later, but the start of filming certainly suggests that more information could be coming over the next few weeks.
28 Years Later
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28 Years Later follows a group of survivors living on an isolated island nearly three decades after the rage virus outbreak. Venturing into the quarantine zone of the mainland, they uncover dangerous secrets and transformations among both the infected and other surviving factions.
