By Filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are set to return to the universe they created in 2000’s “28 Days Later” with the upcoming “28 Years Later” which will begin filming shortly.
Once again Boyle will direct and Garland will write the film which will mark the first in a new trilogy of films based on the property. Sony Pictures scored the rights to the franchise in a heated bidding war – committing to a trio of movies, each with a reported $60 million budget and a guaranteed theatrical release.
Now, Deadline is reporting that “Candyman,” “Little Woods” and “The Marvels” director Nia DaCosta is in talks to direct the second film of the trilogy which Garland will write and which he, Boyle, Bernie Bellew, Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice will produce.
According to the trade, the reason they are locking in a director so soon is that the plan is for the second film to shoot immediately after the first. Thus it’s likely news of the third film’s director won’t be that far away either.
Original film star Cillian Murphy is set to executive produce the films and is rumored to star in at least the first of the new films.
DaCosta recently wrote, directed, and produced “Hedda,” a reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s play “Hedda Gabler” starring Tessa Thompson.
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