Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s extremely anticipated 28 Years Later may make one other zombie franchise’s deserted film trilogy plan look even worse. Inexperienced-lit in mid-January 2024, Boyle and Garland’s 28 Years Later sequel marks the primary entry in a deliberate post-apocalyptic horror movie trilogy. The franchise started in 2002 with 28 Days Later — a movie that redefined the style. Impressed by George A. Romero’s Evening of the Residing Useless movies, 28 Days Later stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma amid the explosion of an epidemic. Nicknamed the “rage virus,” it induces aggression in sufferers, turning them into homicidal zombies.

Whereas 28 Days Later depicts the preliminary collapse of society, the then-standalone sequel, 28 Weeks Later, chronicles the NATO army’s efforts to create a secure zone, solely to have these quarantine efforts thwarted by siblings who break protocol and reintroduce the “rage virus” to stated secure zone. Penned by Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne, Jesus Olmo, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who additionally served as director, 28 Weeks Later is not thought-about a zombie basic in the identical means as its predecessor. Even so, 28 Years Later‘s new trilogy has the potential to reinvigorate the franchise, all whereas proving that one other collection’ now-canceled zombie film trilogy was an awesome concept.

The 28 Years Later Trilogy Can Show The Strolling Useless’s Film Trilogy Was A Good Thought

Primarily based on the comedian guide collection of the identical title, The Strolling Useless tv present aired from 2010 to 2022. Whereas the collection’ success waned the longer it ran, there is not any denying the pop-cultural influence The Strolling Useless had for practically a decade. Along with reinvigorating the zombie style, AMC’s The Strolling Useless launched its personal multi-show franchise. Presently, two spinoffs, Daryl Dixon and Useless Metropolis, are in full swing, whereas a sixth collection is ready to air in 2024. Titled The Strolling Useless: The Ones Who Reside, the newest entry within the timeless undead franchise facilities on Danai Gurira’s Michonne and Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes.

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Like Murphy’s bicycle courier, Rick awakens from a coma within the quick aftermath of The Strolling Useless‘s outbreak. Quickly sufficient, the collection’ long-time protagonist turns into the chief of a gaggle of survivors — his household amongst them, for a time — although Andrew Lincoln left The Strolling Useless in season 9. Initially, Rick and Michonne had been set to return for a film trilogy, however that concept was scrapped in favor of yet-another TV collection. The potential success of the 28 Years Later trilogy, which is able to carry zombies again to the massive display screen, may display that The Strolling Useless‘s over-reliance on collection may very well be its undoing.

The Strolling Useless’s Deliberate Rick Grimes Film Trilogy All the time Confronted An Uphill Battle

The Ones Who Reside was arrange by The Strolling Useless‘s collection finale ending, which briefly contains a still-alive Rick and Michonne. The six-episode miniseries is of venture, but it surely’s definitely not as massive of a danger as a trilogy of movies centered on Rick Grimes; even The Strolling Useless realized it was too late. With its many spinoffs, the franchise has confirmed that it may possibly inform compelling tales with out its former protagonist. The Ones Who Reside could be one of the best ways ahead for an concept that’s all the time confronted an uphill battle — and 28 Years Later may simply ship the zombie film trilogy style followers want.