I’m not a HUGE fan of the 28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later franchise. Yes, I thought the first one was pretty creative in it’s narrative approach and was genuinely a solid film (although I personally think it gets a little over-praised), but 28 Weeks Later fell back into the zombie genre’s (yes yes yes, I know they aren’t technically zombies… but really… they’re zombies for all intents and purposes) cliches and routines and in the end left me unsatisfied, especially considering how different Days was.
One of the things I really did like about 28 Weeks was the ending. It sent chills up my spine and perfectly opened the door for another installment if they so choose to go in that direction (and it was obvious that unless Weeks bombed at the box office, they would). So whispers of a 28 Months later film instantly emerged.
Well, according to the good folks over at Arrow In The Head, not only is the 28 Months project moving ahead, it seems they may also have a director on board:
The scoop I caught was that a director has been chosen for this second installment. Who? PAUL ANDREW WILLIAMS baby! The UK director of THE COTTAGE. So there you have it! The 28 MONTHS LATER wheels are in motion!
No, other than the fact that Paul Andrew Williams directed a little UK horror film called “The Cottage” (which I still haven’t gotten around to seeing) I don’t really know much about him at all, so I don’t have much of an opinion if him directing 28 Months Later would be a good or bad idea… but it almost doesn’t matter because I’m not much of a fan of the idea of making the film in the first place.
Let’s face it, 28 Months Later will really just be more of the exact same that we’ve already seen from this, and other Zombie franchises… and do we really need another one? My fear is that it will get even further away from the creativeness of the first film thus spoiling the franchise even further. But who knows right? Could be great, could suck. We’ll just have to wait and see.
