28 Years Later
Summary
28 Years Lateris ultimately happening , but the flick would have been very different if28 Weeks Laterhad stick to its original sequel plan.28 Weeks Laterwas the first sequel to the hit zombie film28 Days Later , and while the second cinema in the serial publication was a success upon its expiration in 2007 , it has rent over a decade for another sequel to get announced.28 Years Laterhas been officially confirm , however , and while details on the celluloid are still slim , the original direction of28 Weeks Laterwould have changed absolutely everything .
28 Years Lateris the third film in the28 Days Laterfranchise , with it taking an even greater leap into the hereafter and exploring the ramifications of the rage computer virus outbreak nearly 30 long time down the road.28 Years Lateris intend to launch a new trilogy , potentially demand the dealership decade or even centuries into the hereafter . Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are support to be involvedin the first chapter of this newfangled living dead trilogy , do some sports fan to cross their fingers that Cillian Murphy will render , even though he did n’t for28 hebdomad Later .
Announced over twenty years after 28 Days Later , the forthcoming 28 Years afterwards is already form up to be a greater cinematic undertaking .
28 Weeks Later Was Originally Not A Direct Sequel
The Second Movie Tried a Different Approach
28 week Lateris a direct sequel , building off of the setup and worldbuilding that was present in the first film .
28 Weeks Laterin its final mannequin takes place 28 weeks after the initial outbreak , explore London month down the route as clean humans begin to move back in after the rage computer virus has been cleared out of a quarantine zona . Although Cillian Murphy and theoriginal shake off of28 Days Lateraren’t involved in the sequel,28 Weeks Lateris a lineal sequel , building off of the frame-up and worldbuilding that was present in the first film . However , this was n’t always the plan , as the28 Days Latersequel was n’t originally mean to function in this manner .
harmonise to the videodisc commentary,28 Weeks Laterwasn’t initially supposed to take place that long after the sequel , with it instead taking place adjacent to the timeline of the original motion-picture show . Although details on what this news report could have been are n’t given , it can be assumed that the original28 Days Latersequel would have followed another group of survivors soon after the initial eruption , or possibly even during the topsy-turvyness environ the first fury virus infections . The story of28 Weeks Lateris a major departure from this , causing some fans to wonder what could have been .
28 Years Laterwould have been immensely different if28 Weeks Laterhad stick with this initial plan , as28 Weeks Latersets up several storylines that28 Years Laterwill presumably build off of.28 Years Latershows the U.S. government losing ascendance of London and the infection going international , with28 year Later ’s new trilogy being set upby the computer virus reaching Paris at the end of the second film.28 Weeks Lateralso hints that the zombie are getting smarter , with an infected Don follow his kids , something that the new trilogy should also continue .
28 Weeks Later’s Original Plan Wouldn’t Have Worked
The Original Plot For The Sequel Would be Detrimental To The First Movie
Although it is interesting to ponder what the original28 Days Latersequel could have been like , these early plans for28 week Latersimply would n’t have worked . Much of the appeal of28 Days Lateris the fact that Cillian Murphy ’s characteris walk through an empty London near the beginning of the cinema , with him being alone for a serious clod of the movie . The original28 day Latersequel depict that other survivors are go through major event in London would have made these scene less credible , retroactively submit away from the charm of the original movie .
explore the world months after the initial craze virus outbreak is a much more coherent pick for a sequel , with it building on top of the foundation of the original film .
On top of that , the existence 28 days after the cult virus irruption had already been explore , meaning thatthis original sequel design would have been nothing more than a rehash of the first movie . Exploring the public months after the initial furor virus outbreak is a much more lucid choice for a continuation , with it building on top of the foundation of the original film by introducing all kinds of new element .
The duo of Alex Garland and Danny Boyle are return for 28 year after , a long - awaited continuation to the zombie picture show that changed the genre .
Finally , staying at the same point in the timeline would have stimulate the franchise to lose its signature deed gimmick . jump 28 units of time into the time to come in each sequel is a really fun way to make the enfranchisement fend out , with it also acting as a unequaled selling tool . If the franchise had gone in this counsel , this naming convening would not be part of the serial publication , ripping the world of titles like28 week Laterand28 Years Later .
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