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Director Danny Boyle Discusses Originality in Sequel to '28 Days Later'

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Matt Patches

11mo ago· 5 min readenNews

Summary

28 Days Later offered a unique twist on the zombie genre by portraying infected humans instead of undead, with Director Danny Boyle aiming for originality in the sequel. The focus was on creating a fresh narrative rather than following traditional zombie tropes.

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"The idea of the film in many ways was to be as original as possible," Boyle says
"The zombies of Danny Boyle’s zombie movie would be normal humans transformed by the man-made 'Rage Virus.' And they could run,"
"The idea of the film in many ways was to be as original as possible,"
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Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland explain why the zombies are more humanlike and why (spoiler!) Cillian Murphy is still key to the future sequels.

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