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I tried a search but '28' is too short to be allowed by the search engine :rolleyes:.
Written by Alex Garland apparently and it looks like a rip-off of the Stand to a degree. Is it worth seeing?
The Laydeez LiEk the trailer!!!! :nuts:
Looks promising, got a press show next week I think..
Comes out 1st Nov I think, looks great.
Hopefully a return to form for Danny Boyle after the manufactured lip gloss that was The Beach.
All shot on digital video I believe. Looks like Day of the Triffids meets Survivors to me.
...and all a rip-off of I Am Legend.....
I'm seeing it as part of the Phoenix SF allnighter in Oxford on the 26th
Phil
From the trailer and plot details I've seen, this also looks very similar to the book '48 by James Herbert.
Definately one I'm looking forward to though...
Originally posted by JoePrecious
From the trailer and plot details I've seen, this also looks very similar to the book '48 by James Herbert.
Apart from the obligatory schoolboy reading of The Fog/Rats (practically set texts) this is the only other Herbert I’ve felt compelled to read and an excellent novel it is too.
Boyle could be onto a decent hit as long as it doesn’t look too cheap.
I meant Alex Garland (sorry edited my typo) - so we are looking for him to pull something out of the bag too. Personally I liked The Tesseract more than the beach but we'd need him to really excell in a screenplay, I'd imagine...
I saw a twenty minute preview of the opening scenes of this film at Frighfest in London 2 months ago, below is a summary of what i saw, as i dont know how to do spolier tags (if somebody could tell me i would be grateful), i will just leave a gap
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It starts off in this science lab, where these chimpanzees are rummaging around in cages. There are being used as some sort of experiment and as people are working on them they manage to kill this women and bite a man and escape. Then there are the credits. After this you see a shot from above of the man who was attacked and he is lying in some sort of hospital bed with tubes coming out of him. The hospital appears to be empty. He gets up looking shocked and dazed, he then stumbles up. You see the camera panning around the hospital, which is completely deserted.
As I leaves the hospital you relies that he is in London. The following sequence is one of the most amazing I have ever seen, due to the pure fact that I shows him walking along Westminster bridge, with the surrounding streets, road, river and park being completely empty and silent, the whole of London is desolate, the bridge does have lots of rubbish strewn all over it more than usual. I have walked across that bridge many times and I look in awe when it appears completely empty, I don’t know when they managed to film it like that.
For the next ten minutes or so, we see him walking through the streets of the city of London, which are completely desolate, and we get the first glimpses into what has happened. Through a series of posters and old newspapers, we learn that there had been a massive outbreak of a deadly disease linked to the escape of the monkeys and that the government had told people to evacuate out of the UK, the streets of London have been evacuated and the protagonist appears to be the only person remaining after being in a come for sometime.
The end of the preview, we see that there actually may be life within London, but not normal people. As he enters a church there appears to be a great congregation of people, but as he tries to talk to them we realize they have been infected by this virus and are acting like zombies, incapable of interacting. As he flees the church away from these creature a huge explosion goes off, it appears that there is anarchy on the streets of London and that gangs of the infected have taken over from civilization.
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This is the jist of it, some of the info may be slightly wrong due to my memory but you get the idea. It was a great preview and i am looking foward to seeing the whole film in two weeks
Originally posted by jonathan.e
All shot on digital video I believe. Looks like Day of the Triffids meets Survivors to me.
or The Crazies, Shivers, Rabid, Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead...
But I'm definitely looking forward to it, as it's been ages since we've had an apocalyptic mass outbreak/ zombie movie. :D
Director Danny Boyle is interviewed in the latest edition of Starburst. He gives a run down of what to expect from his new zombie movie, 28 Days Later. He's a fan of the genre, as it inspired him to become a director so I get the impression this film is for the fans. Cast includes Christopher Eccleston and Brendan Gleason.
28 Days Later is mainly inspired from films like Dawn of the Dead, but the zombies in this film are quite different. It also takes certain elements from The Omega Man. The nature of people that live in the modern world have become more and more intolerant which spawns a psychological virus which infects the entire population of the planet. A few survivors are left in London, can they save the planet?
I think this will give the film a very realistic edge and unlike typical slow moving zombies the ones in this film are fast. It sounds like they'll be very aggressive, more so than usual which will make the film intense. Oh and he didn't refer to them as zombies, but "the infected".
Danny Boyle said that he likes using a limited number of characters as it creates a much larger feeling in a film. This works in films like The Thing, Cube, Predator and The Usual Suspects. It sounds like a very apocalyptic film, that include shots of a deserted London with overturned buses.
It's shot entirely on Digital Video and by the sounds of things he made better use of the new technology than George Lucas did in Star Wars - Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. He also spoke of an alternate ending evolving a death scene, this should make the eventual DVD with perfect picture quality.
From the interview it sounds like this film will deliver the goods, unlike the average rubbish that is Resident Evil. If you like zombie films, prepare to see a zombie film the likes of which you've never seen before. 28 Days Later is due for release on 01/11/2002.
Going to see this tonight in Glasgow UGC. Director Danny Boyle, as well as the writer, the producer and some of the cast will be there for a Q&A session. Will let you guys know how it goes. :D
Look forward to hearing what you thought of it. Personally i'm really looking forward to it. :thumbs:
my review is up on the forums here
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Written by Alex Garland apparently and it looks like a rip-off of the Stand to a degree. Is it worth seeing?
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The Laydeez LiEk the trailer!!!! :nuts:
Looks promising, got a press show next week I think..
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Comes out 1st Nov I think, looks great.
Hopefully a return to form for Danny Boyle after the manufactured lip gloss that was The Beach.
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All shot on digital video I believe. Looks like Day of the Triffids meets Survivors to me.
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...and all a rip-off of I Am Legend.....
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I'm seeing it as part of the Phoenix SF allnighter in Oxford on the 26th
Phil
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From the trailer and plot details I've seen, this also looks very similar to the book '48 by James Herbert.
Definately one I'm looking forward to though...
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Originally posted by JoePrecious
From the trailer and plot details I've seen, this also looks very similar to the book '48 by James Herbert.
Apart from the obligatory schoolboy reading of The Fog/Rats (practically set texts) this is the only other Herbert I’ve felt compelled to read and an excellent novel it is too.
Boyle could be onto a decent hit as long as it doesn’t look too cheap.
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I meant Alex Garland (sorry edited my typo) - so we are looking for him to pull something out of the bag too. Personally I liked The Tesseract more than the beach but we'd need him to really excell in a screenplay, I'd imagine...
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I saw a twenty minute preview of the opening scenes of this film at Frighfest in London 2 months ago, below is a summary of what i saw, as i dont know how to do spolier tags (if somebody could tell me i would be grateful), i will just leave a gap
SPOLIER WARNING
STOP READING IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW DETAILED PLOT INFO FOR THE FIRST 20 MINS OF THE FILM
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It starts off in this science lab, where these chimpanzees are rummaging around in cages. There are being used as some sort of experiment and as people are working on them they manage to kill this women and bite a man and escape. Then there are the credits. After this you see a shot from above of the man who was attacked and he is lying in some sort of hospital bed with tubes coming out of him. The hospital appears to be empty. He gets up looking shocked and dazed, he then stumbles up. You see the camera panning around the hospital, which is completely deserted.
As I leaves the hospital you relies that he is in London. The following sequence is one of the most amazing I have ever seen, due to the pure fact that I shows him walking along Westminster bridge, with the surrounding streets, road, river and park being completely empty and silent, the whole of London is desolate, the bridge does have lots of rubbish strewn all over it more than usual. I have walked across that bridge many times and I look in awe when it appears completely empty, I don’t know when they managed to film it like that.
For the next ten minutes or so, we see him walking through the streets of the city of London, which are completely desolate, and we get the first glimpses into what has happened. Through a series of posters and old newspapers, we learn that there had been a massive outbreak of a deadly disease linked to the escape of the monkeys and that the government had told people to evacuate out of the UK, the streets of London have been evacuated and the protagonist appears to be the only person remaining after being in a come for sometime.
The end of the preview, we see that there actually may be life within London, but not normal people. As he enters a church there appears to be a great congregation of people, but as he tries to talk to them we realize they have been infected by this virus and are acting like zombies, incapable of interacting. As he flees the church away from these creature a huge explosion goes off, it appears that there is anarchy on the streets of London and that gangs of the infected have taken over from civilization.
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END OF SPOLIERS
This is the jist of it, some of the info may be slightly wrong due to my memory but you get the idea. It was a great preview and i am looking foward to seeing the whole film in two weeks
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Originally posted by jonathan.e
All shot on digital video I believe. Looks like Day of the Triffids meets Survivors to me.
or The Crazies, Shivers, Rabid, Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead...
But I'm definitely looking forward to it, as it's been ages since we've had an apocalyptic mass outbreak/ zombie movie. :D
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Director Danny Boyle is interviewed in the latest edition of Starburst. He gives a run down of what to expect from his new zombie movie, 28 Days Later. He's a fan of the genre, as it inspired him to become a director so I get the impression this film is for the fans. Cast includes Christopher Eccleston and Brendan Gleason.
28 Days Later is mainly inspired from films like Dawn of the Dead, but the zombies in this film are quite different. It also takes certain elements from The Omega Man. The nature of people that live in the modern world have become more and more intolerant which spawns a psychological virus which infects the entire population of the planet. A few survivors are left in London, can they save the planet?
I think this will give the film a very realistic edge and unlike typical slow moving zombies the ones in this film are fast. It sounds like they'll be very aggressive, more so than usual which will make the film intense. Oh and he didn't refer to them as zombies, but "the infected".
Danny Boyle said that he likes using a limited number of characters as it creates a much larger feeling in a film. This works in films like The Thing, Cube, Predator and The Usual Suspects. It sounds like a very apocalyptic film, that include shots of a deserted London with overturned buses.
It's shot entirely on Digital Video and by the sounds of things he made better use of the new technology than George Lucas did in Star Wars - Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. He also spoke of an alternate ending evolving a death scene, this should make the eventual DVD with perfect picture quality.
From the interview it sounds like this film will deliver the goods, unlike the average rubbish that is Resident Evil. If you like zombie films, prepare to see a zombie film the likes of which you've never seen before. 28 Days Later is due for release on 01/11/2002.
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Going to see this tonight in Glasgow UGC. Director Danny Boyle, as well as the writer, the producer and some of the cast will be there for a Q&A session. Will let you guys know how it goes. :D
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Look forward to hearing what you thought of it. Personally i'm really looking forward to it. :thumbs:
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my review is up on the forums here
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