Cillian Murphy would love to make a ‘28 days Later’ sequel
THERE have been reports suggesting a follow-up to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s ‘28 Days Later’ — which spawned ‘28 Weeks Later’ in 2005 — and the original movie’s leading man is keen to revisit the postapocalyptic story.
Asked if the door remains open, he told RSPV magazine: “Oh certainly for me. I mean, I’d love to. But that’s not an exclusive or anything.
“There needs to be a script and Danny [Boyle] needs to find the time and Alex [Garland] needs to feel that there’s more story to tell.
“But, again, that is a movie I watched with my kids not too long ago, and I feel that one - it’s aged well.
“Or not aged at all, whatever the correct experience is.”
Cillian — who has two teenage sons with wife Yvonne McGuinness — admitted his children are starting to enjoy his work.
He added: “Yeah, they’re getting a bit older now. They have very sophisticated taste.
“So they don’t go searching for my films but if one turns up... They love ‘A Quiet Place Part II’, for example.
“But I think it’s much healthier if your kids are underwhelmed by what you do, no matter what it is.”
‘28 Days Later’ starred Murphy as bicycle courier Jim, a man who wakes from a coma to find London deserted after a viral infection decimates society, and Boyle knew that it would be a success immediately.
Boyle and Garland are set to reunite for zombie thriller sequel ‘28 Years Later’, after neither the creative duo nor Murphy got involved in the 2007 spin-off.
The Hollywood Reporter recently claimed the movie is expected to be pitched to potential buyers, and the hope is it could spark a new trilogy.
Garland looks set to pen the films, while Boyle will helm the first in the series, and the pair will produce all three.