Danny Boyle has been talking about 28 Months Later, the proposed horror sequel that screenwriter Alex Garland first told us about back in January.
Boyle directed the original 28 Days Later, but only executive produced 28 Weeks Later, with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo helming the well-received follow-up.
But Boyle told us that he’d return to the director’s chair if the film is sufficiently different to what’s gone before.
“I love doing stuff that is ‘How are you going to direct that? How would you do that?’ It’s like this project – it’s like the Steve Jobs. You go ‘How are you going to do that?’ That’s a wonderful place to start off. The worst place is when you know how to do it. Or you think you do. Because actually you don’t. The audience spot that quite quickly – they’re weird, and rightfully so, they’re righteous judges of us. They go ‘Oh, he’s done that before – that’s crap.’ I’ve learnt that. So if it’s something that I’ve felt that about, then I’d have no hesitation.”
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Boyle directed the original 28 Days Later, but only executive produced 28 Weeks Later, with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo helming the well-received follow-up.
But Boyle told us that he’d return to the director’s chair if the film is sufficiently different to what’s gone before.
“I love doing stuff that is ‘How are you going to direct that? How would you do that?’ It’s like this project – it’s like the Steve Jobs. You go ‘How are you going to do that?’ That’s a wonderful place to start off. The worst place is when you know how to do it. Or you think you do. Because actually you don’t. The audience spot that quite quickly – they’re weird, and rightfully so, they’re righteous judges of us. They go ‘Oh, he’s done that before – that’s crap.’ I’ve learnt that. So if it’s something that I’ve felt that about, then I’d have no hesitation.”
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