28 Years Later might finally be capping off a trilogy originating from a Danny Boyle film, but Sunshine was also originally meant to have the same honor, once upon a time. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are a director/writer duo perhaps best known for 28 Days Later, the zombie film that changed the genre forever by ditching the slow, shambling zombies of George A. Romero‘s films and replacing them with terrifying infected that sprint towards their prey in a bloody rage. The upcoming 28 Years Later will return to this world after almost two decades since 28 Weeks Later.
While Danny Boyle’s filmography rarely dabbles in sequels, the story of the Rage Virus is popular and intriguing enough to warrant such special treatment. However, 28 Days Later isn’t the only film Boyle made with a sequel in mind, with the 2007 film Sunshine also apparently being made with a trilogy in mind initially.
