How nice does 28 Years Later look? Danny Boyle’s long-awaited follow-up to the 2002 horror basic appears extremely promising, all of the extra so as a result of Nia DaCosta’s (Candyman) sequel was filmed back-to-back with the primary. Films actually are again, child. With the discharge of the sequel’s trailer—which, by the way in which, is among the greatest film trailers in a very long time—you is perhaps questioning the place you may revisit the franchise on streaming. Nicely, I’ve obtained some excellent news, and a few higher information.
The excellent news is that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s implausible sequel 28 Weeks Later is presently streaming on Hulu. Within the sequel: “Twenty-eight weeks after a virus has worn out all human life within the UK, the island is said protected, and other people begin to transfer again, solely to be attacked by 1000’s who’ve been contaminated by a brand new airborne model of the virus.” Jeremy Renner and Rose Byrne star, and whereas it’s not fairly as sturdy as the primary movie, it does have one of many best opening scenes of all time, solidifying how a lot life was left in Garland and Boyle’s franchise.
The higher information is that the OG basic, the film that essentially reinvented what a zombie film might be, can lastly be rented and bought on-line. Beforehand, you couldn’t lease it, you couldn’t stream it, and worse nonetheless, you couldn’t even purchase a pleasant, crisp Blu-Ray disc of it wherever, no less than not new. That’s due to an advanced rights fiasco. When the Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, 28 Days Later was obtainable to stream. The movie was eliminated quietly a while after as a result of—bear with me—28 Days Later was independently financed, and later acquired by Fox’s Searchlight Photos. Sony Photos now owns the rights, although Disney retains possession of the sequel.
The lengthy and wanting it’s that 28 Days Later had been caught in a perennial limbo for the reason that early aughts. There have been no new bodily media releases, and no alternatives to stream. Beforehand, your greatest guess was to trace down a used copy of the unique run of DVDs. That is still the case for bodily media afficianados. Thrift shops are nice locations to examine—even for those who’re extra more likely to discover 200 copies of Twilight than an important horror film—and for the web folks, eBay is all the time a strong choice. However for the primary time in years, you may no less than entry the movie digitally.
28 Days Later can be obtainable to lease/buy beginning on December 18, 2024.
What do you assume? Have been you a fan of 28 Days Later? What about Weeks? Wanting ahead to the sequel? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
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