“Canon Is Not a Very Danny Boyle Word”: ‘28 Years Later’ Writer Addresses Connection to Controversial Sequel

Now officially less than six months away from release, the marketing campaign for 28 Years Later has begun, which has included stars and crew members speaking out about their roles in the film. One creative who has been particularly vocal is scribe Alex Garland, who also penned the script for the original 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy. However, Garland nor director Danny Boyle were on the creative team for the Jeremy Renner-led sequel, 28 Weeks Later, although they did serve as producers on the film. During the most recent Empire print issue, Garland and producer Andrew Macdonald addressed whether the ending of 28 Weeks Later, which sees the infected running through Paris to prove that the virus has spread outside the UK, plays into 28 Years Later, and he wasted no time shutting that theory down: