Writer, Director, And More Details

Danny Boyle getting back to direct the high-speed horror is a perk, but Alex Garland being there to write the new chapter is equally as big a win. "28 Days Later" was the second writing project in Garland's career following "The Beach," and even after all this time, the idea for another story set in this furious world appears to have been rattling around his head ever since. Inverse wrote an oral history of the film, interviewing Garland, who hinted at the prospect of a threequel, having been unable to let go of the idea. "I resisted it for a long time because there were things about '28 Weeks' that bugged me," he said. "I just thought, 'F*** that. I'd rather try to write a different story in a different world.'"

Try as he might, Garland couldn't help stewing on a concept that found itself slap bang in the British Isles again, and the Rage virus still running rampant. "But a few years ago an idea materialized in my head for what would be really '28 Years Later.' Danny always liked the idea," he shared. Both Boyle and Garland would also be on board as producers, along with Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice, who co-produced the original film.