Before becoming a Hollywood mega-star thanks to the Star Wars films, British actor John Boyega led the cast of Joe Cornish‘s sci-fi film Attack the Block, his very first role in a feature film. A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion in the 2011 movie, which has built up a sizable following of fans who have long begged for a sequel.
A sequel (possibly in the form of a TV series) has been brought up a few times over the years, by both Boyega and Cornish, and in a new Instagram post this morning, Boyega again reminds that he’d be up for reprising the role of Moses if he was asked. Boyega posted a screen grab from the film, and when asked about a potential sequel, he had this to say…
“If the supporters want it then I’ll have to get back to Peckham ASAP.”
(Peckham is a district of south-east London, where Attack the Block was filmed.)
When Cornish spoke about a sequel to Attack the Block back in 2011 (with IFC), he noted that Boyega had lots of ideas rattling around in his head for the potential return of Moses.
Cornish relayed at the time, “He has this image of a bigger alien attack on London, as if the attack we saw in Attack the Block was just the [first] wave and there’s another wave of bigger creatures. And he described to me this image of Moses leading a whole army of hood kids across the Thames, next to the houses of Parliament. He had an image of Moses on a police horse. You know the police in London who have those horses they use in riots…somehow Moses has got onto one of those horses. So he’s on a horse leading this army of South London kids across the river to take on this bigger wave of aliens. So yeah it’s really fun to think of stuff like that and what we could do.”
At this time, it doesn’t appear that any sort of continuation is actually in the works, but it sure is nice to see that Boyega hasn’t left his roots behind. Never say never, bruv!
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