28 Weeks Later

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Monday, September 04, 2006

Last Updated: September 4, 2006

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Production Company: DNA Films, Figment Films
Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Project Phase: Pre-Production
Budget: NA
Who's In It: Jeremy Renner (Sgt. Doyle), Naomie Harris (Selena), Harold Perrineau
Who's Making It: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Director), Rowan Joffe (Writer), Danny Boyle (Producer), Alex Garland (Producer), Andrew Macdonald (Producer)
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Premise: The film starts six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire population.
Comments: Can the sequel live up to the original?
Updates:

August 31, 2006 - Harold Perrineau, known best from ABC's LOST, has signed on to play a role in the upcoming film 28 WEEKS LATER.

Perrineau will play an upbeat American Special Forces pilot who documents and leads to safety the families returning to London after the viral outbreak.

August 24, 2006 - Jeremy Renner has signed on to play a lead role in the upcoming Fox Atomic film 28 WEEKS LATER. The film is the sequel to the zombie thriller 28 DAYS LATER. Renner has been cast as Sgt. Doyle, one of the heroes of the sequel.


June 21, 2004 - Variety is reporting that Fox Searchlight, the domestic film distributor of 28 DAYS LATER, is hungry for a sequel to Danny Boyle's apocalyptic horror flick. To satisfy its desire, the studio has commissioned writer Rowan Jaffe to begin working on a follow-up, which, according to Variety's sources, is titled 28 WEEKS LATER.

Director Boyle is not expected to helm the sequel but it's likely that both he and producer Andrew Macdonald will take on some sort of producing role in the second movie. [Variety]