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Update: Danny Boyle Returns to Direct Next ’28 Days Later’ Sequel!?
The boys over at Dread Central are reporting that Danny Boyle is planning on returning to the land of post-apocalyptic zombie horror when he DIRECTS the next 28 Days Later sequel. The director tells a friend of the site that “there’s another ’28 Days Later’ in the works.” When asked if the title would be 28 Months Later, Boyle replied “In theory, yes.” Immediately the next question was if he’d be producing, to which Boyle responded, “Actually I want to direct it.” And while Dread has Boyle stating his intent to direct, writer Alex Garland tells Worst Previews that the project is frozen over rights, adding there is no script at this time. Two conflicting reports from the main guys involved. I wonder what Fox has to say? We’ll keep you updated as the story develops. Boyle directed 28 Days Later, the 2002 chiller that began four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK. Cillian Murphy played one of a handful of survivors trying to find sanctuary.
Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director David Robert Mitchell are reuniting for It Follows sequel They Follow, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news this week.
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Justine Lupe (Succession), Anna Mirodin (Ivan), Jayne Taini (Unbelievable), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), Tom Pecinka (Stereophonic), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Ben Krieger (Song Sung Blue), Natalie Shinnick (The Brutalist) and Jan Hoag (The Fabelmans) have joined the cast this week.
Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) has also been confirmed to join They Follow.
Deadline notes in their report this afternoon, “Plot details for the long-anticipated sequel are under wraps, other than it taking place a decade after the events of the original film.”
They Follow is expected to enter production this Summer. Stay tuned for updates.
In the first movie, Maika Monroe’s Jay Height is a young woman followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter. In the sequel, the threat is now EVERYWHERE.
“It’s very dark,” Monroe recently teased. “We’re pushing the boundaries on this one for sure.”
“It’s very different from the original,” Monroe told Discussing Film. “The original is a little more heightened and dramatic, and this is really quite grounded and follows the story of these two women that are mentally dealing with a lot. I thought it was really an interesting take on it.”
NEON and Good Fear Content are producing They Follow.
They Follow will feature a new score from Disasterpeace.
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