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Perth Now
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
28 Years Later writer Alex Garland is ‘sort of done with directing'
Alex Garland never thought about directing the 28 Years Later trilogy. The 55-year-old scribe reunited with his 28 Days Later co-writer and director Danny Boyle, 68, for the upcoming horror flick and its two sequels, though has now revealed he never considered helming 28 Years Later himself as he decided he was 'sort of done with directing'. Speaking with about whether he wanted to direct 28 Years Later, Garland said: 'No. I was certainly, at that point, sort of done with directing and wanted to write for other people. '[That] was one thing, but also, even if Danny hadn't wanted to do it … I think if Danny hadn't wanted to direct it, that probably would have just ended it at that point. And I certainly wouldn't have wanted to step in and, take that role.' Garland - who made his directing debut with 2014's Ex Machina and has recently helmed films like Civil War and Warfare - added 28 Days Later was 'the product of lots of people working together', which he insisted had to be the case for the 28 Years Later trilogy. He explained: 'It just wasn't the dynamic by which the original film was made. 'And the original film was the product of lots of people working together. Cast, crew and sort of broadly… But within it was some kind of interaction between me and Danny. And that had to be true for this one as well.' As the Rage Virus resurfaces in a quarantined Britain, 28 Years Later - which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell - follows a new generation that ventures into the heart of the ruins - uncovering buried secrets, evolving threats, and a fight for survival that could change everything. 28 Years Later will see Garland and Boyle return to the series after sitting out 2007's 28 Weeks Later, which was directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Garland previously explained he chose to leave the 28 Days Later franchise because he 'couldn't be in a cynical mindset' to make a sequel. He told The Playlist: 'It was this. 28 Days Later was a very uncynical film. It had a punk sensibility. And in order to make a follow-up to it, you couldn't be in a cynical mindset. 'There's various reasons why that wouldn't have worked. And enough time had passed [with us]. There was a key idea that felt tonally correct to what we did 20-something years ago.'' 28 Years Later will be followed by 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, which will hit cinemas in 2026. Boyle recently revealed the sequel would also see the return of Cillian Murphy's 28 Days Later protagonist Jim, while the third and final 28 Years Later movie would make the character a 'very dominant element'. The filmmaker told Collider: 'There's a story arc across all three films. The principle of this is what we sold to Sony. And they immediately said, 'Don't say it's a trilogy. We said, 'No, we are going to say it's a trilogy.' Because it is! We're not going to lie to people! 'Not all the characters run through all three films, but some of them do. There's a character in this one, played by Ralph Fiennes, who is a massive part of the second film. 'Cillian Murphy is an element in the second film and a very dominant element in the third film.'
Rhyl Journal
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Celebrity Traitors to ‘dial into established relationships' of famous cast
Actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, singer Charlotte Church and TV presenter Kate Garraway are among the names who have filmed the new series in the Scottish Highlands. Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part series will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice by trying to find the 'traitors' or deceive their fellow stars. Mike Cotton, creative director of unscripted shows at Studio Lambert and executive producer for The Traitors, was asked by online site The Playlist what lessons the team had learned working on the celebrity-focused series in the US. He replied: 'I think it is quite tricky. 'Without giving away details of the celebrity season, it is going to be slightly different, I would say, to the US celebrity version. 'I think one of the really interesting things that Sam (Rees Jones) touched on earlier is the established relationships that cast members have. 'If you watch the British version of The Traitors, none of the cast know each other. They all come in. 'Some of them have lied about who they are or hid that their son or their sisters are in the show as well. 'And what we've learned to do more in the US version is to embrace… people's preconceived notions about one another, and embrace the different relationships that they have. And that's 100% a learning that we are taking through for that.' The Traitors US is hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, and has had Sam Asghari, the estranged husband of Britney Spears, former House of Commons speaker John Bercow and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu among contestants. Producer Sam Rees Jones said the team has tried to 'dial into previous relationships and dynamics'. He said: 'And that was a really important reason for that twist because it helped us deep dive into those dynamics straight away. 'Was (Survivor star) Carolyn (Wiger) going to swap out (former Survivor contestant) Tony (Vlachos) because they had a previous history with (Big Brother American stars) Danielle (Reyes) and Britney (Haynes)? We were able to explore it and expand on it in a storytelling way.' In Celebrity Traitors, due to air on the BBC in the autumn, Sir Stephen will appear with acclaimed actress Celia Imrie, who he starred with in legal show Kingdom and comedy film Thunderpants. Other contestants include comedian Alan Carr, who has also been on episodes of Lucy Beaumont's comedy Meet The Richardsons, in which she played a fictional version of herself with former partner Jon Richardson, as well as broadcasters Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Garraway. Other stars joining the group at Ardross Castle are former England rugby player Joe Marler, singers Paloma Faith and Cat Burns, comedians Nick Mohammed and Joe Wilkinson, who have been on comedy shows together, EastEnders star Tameka Empson, and Bafta-winning filmmaker and historian David Olusoga, There will also be influencer Niko Omilana, who has more than seven million subscribers on YouTube and millions more followers across other platforms, Scottish actor and Shetland star Mark Bonnar, and Irish actress Ruth Codd. Since the UK version began in 2022, millions of fans have watched The Traitors on the BBC and it has picked up a Bafta TV Award for best reality and constructed factual programme, and best entertainment performance for Winkleman. The show follows contestants as they try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win cash towards the prize pot. If at the end of the series a traitor is among the finalists, the faithfuls lose out on the money and the traitor takes the full cash prize. The third and most recent series saw project manager Jake Brown and former soldier Leanne Quigley share the prize pot of £94,600.
Powys County Times
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Celebrity Traitors to ‘dial into established relationships' of famous cast
Celebrity Traitors will explore the 'established relationships' of the famous cast, producers have said as they suggested tension will be created by leaning on the friendships that already exist. Actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, singer Charlotte Church and TV presenter Kate Garraway are among the names who have filmed the new series in the Scottish Highlands. Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part series will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice by trying to find the 'traitors' or deceive their fellow stars. Mike Cotton, creative director of unscripted shows at Studio Lambert and executive producer for The Traitors, was asked by online site The Playlist what lessons the team had learned working on the celebrity-focused series in the US. He replied: 'I think it is quite tricky. 'Without giving away details of the celebrity season, it is going to be slightly different, I would say, to the US celebrity version. 'I think one of the really interesting things that Sam (Rees Jones) touched on earlier is the established relationships that cast members have. 'If you watch the British version of The Traitors, none of the cast know each other. They all come in. 'Some of them have lied about who they are or hid that their son or their sisters are in the show as well. 'And what we've learned to do more in the US version is to embrace… people's preconceived notions about one another, and embrace the different relationships that they have. And that's 100% a learning that we are taking through for that.' The Traitors US is hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, and has had Sam Asghari, the estranged husband of Britney Spears, former House of Commons speaker John Bercow and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu among contestants. Producer Sam Rees Jones said the team has tried to 'dial into previous relationships and dynamics'. He said: 'And that was a really important reason for that twist because it helped us deep dive into those dynamics straight away. 'Was (Survivor star) Carolyn (Wiger) going to swap out (former Survivor contestant) Tony (Vlachos) because they had a previous history with (Big Brother American stars) Danielle (Reyes) and Britney (Haynes)? We were able to explore it and expand on it in a storytelling way.' In Celebrity Traitors, due to air on the BBC in the autumn, Sir Stephen will appear with acclaimed actress Celia Imrie, who he starred with in legal show Kingdom and comedy film Thunderpants. Other contestants include comedian Alan Carr, who has also been on episodes of Lucy Beaumont's comedy Meet The Richardsons, in which she played a fictional version of herself with former partner Jon Richardson, as well as broadcasters Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Garraway. Other stars joining the group at Ardross Castle are former England rugby player Joe Marler, singers Paloma Faith and Cat Burns, comedians Nick Mohammed and Joe Wilkinson, who have been on comedy shows together, EastEnders star Tameka Empson, and Bafta-winning filmmaker and historian David Olusoga, There will also be influencer Niko Omilana, who has more than seven million subscribers on YouTube and millions more followers across other platforms, Scottish actor and Shetland star Mark Bonnar, and Irish actress Ruth Codd. Since the UK version began in 2022, millions of fans have watched The Traitors on the BBC and it has picked up a Bafta TV Award for best reality and constructed factual programme, and best entertainment performance for Winkleman. The show follows contestants as they try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win cash towards the prize pot. If at the end of the series a traitor is among the finalists, the faithfuls lose out on the money and the traitor takes the full cash prize.
RTÉ News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Celebrity Traitors to 'dial into established relationships' of famous cast
Celebrity Traitors will explore the "established relationships" of the famous cast, producers have said as they suggested tension will be created by leaning on the friendships that already exist. Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, singer Charlotte Church and TV presenter Kate Garraway are among the names who have filmed the new series in the Scottish Highlands. Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part series will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice by trying to find the "traitors" or deceive their fellow stars. Mike Cotton, creative director of unscripted shows at Studio Lambert and executive producer for The Traitors, was asked by online site The Playlist what lessons the team had learned working on the celebrity-focused series in the US. He replied: "I think it is quite tricky. "Without giving away details of the celebrity season, it is going to be slightly different, I would say, to the US celebrity version. "I think one of the really interesting things that Sam (Rees Jones) touched on earlier is the established relationships that cast members have. "If you watch the British version of The Traitors, none of the cast know each other. They all come in. "Some of them have lied about who they are or hid that their son or their sisters are in the show as well. "And what we've learned to do more in the US version is to embrace… people's preconceived notions about one another, and embrace the different relationships that they have. And that's 100% a learning that we are taking through for that." The Traitors US is hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, and has had Sam Asghari, the estranged husband of Britney Spears, former House of Commons speaker John Bercow and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu among contestants. Producer Sam Rees Jones said the team has tried to "dial into previous relationships and dynamics". He said: "And that was a really important reason for that twist because it helped us deep dive into those dynamics straight away. "Was (Survivor star) Carolyn (Wiger) going to swap out (former Survivor contestant) Tony (Vlachos) because they had a previous history with (Big Brother American stars) Danielle (Reyes) and Britney (Haynes)? We were able to explore it and expand on it in a storytelling way." In Celebrity Traitors, due to air on the BBC in the autumn, Fry will appear with acclaimed actress Celia Imrie, who he starred with in legal show Kingdom and comedy film Thunderpants. Other contestants include comedian Alan Carr, who has also been on episodes of Lucy Beaumont's comedy Meet The Richardsons, in which she played a fictional version of herself with former partner Jon Richardson, as well as broadcasters Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Garraway. Other stars joining the group at Ardross Castle are former England rugby player Joe Marler, singers Paloma Faith and Cat Burns, comedians Nick Mohammed and Joe Wilkinson, who have been on comedy shows together, EastEnders star Tameka Empson, and Bafta-winning filmmaker and historian David Olusoga, There will also be influencer Niko Omilana, who has more than seven million subscribers on YouTube and millions more followers across other platforms, Scottish actor and Shetland star Mark Bonnar, and Irish actress Ruth Codd. Since the UK version began in 2022, millions of fans have watched The Traitors on the BBC and it has picked up a Bafta TV Award for best reality and constructed factual programme, and best entertainment performance for Winkleman. The show follows contestants as they try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win cash towards the prize pot. If at the end of the series a traitor is among the finalists, the faithfuls lose out on the money and the traitor takes the full cash prize.
South Wales Guardian
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Celebrity Traitors to ‘dial into established relationships' of famous cast
Actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, singer Charlotte Church and TV presenter Kate Garraway are among the names who have filmed the new series in the Scottish Highlands. Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part series will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice by trying to find the 'traitors' or deceive their fellow stars. Mike Cotton, creative director of unscripted shows at Studio Lambert and executive producer for The Traitors, was asked by online site The Playlist what lessons the team had learned working on the celebrity-focused series in the US. He replied: 'I think it is quite tricky. 'Without giving away details of the celebrity season, it is going to be slightly different, I would say, to the US celebrity version. 'I think one of the really interesting things that Sam (Rees Jones) touched on earlier is the established relationships that cast members have. 'If you watch the British version of The Traitors, none of the cast know each other. They all come in. 'Some of them have lied about who they are or hid that their son or their sisters are in the show as well. 'And what we've learned to do more in the US version is to embrace… people's preconceived notions about one another, and embrace the different relationships that they have. And that's 100% a learning that we are taking through for that.' The Traitors US is hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, and has had Sam Asghari, the estranged husband of Britney Spears, former House of Commons speaker John Bercow and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu among contestants. Producer Sam Rees Jones said the team has tried to 'dial into previous relationships and dynamics'. He said: 'And that was a really important reason for that twist because it helped us deep dive into those dynamics straight away. 'Was (Survivor star) Carolyn (Wiger) going to swap out (former Survivor contestant) Tony (Vlachos) because they had a previous history with (Big Brother American stars) Danielle (Reyes) and Britney (Haynes)? We were able to explore it and expand on it in a storytelling way.' In Celebrity Traitors, due to air on the BBC in the autumn, Sir Stephen will appear with acclaimed actress Celia Imrie, who he starred with in legal show Kingdom and comedy film Thunderpants. Other contestants include comedian Alan Carr, who has also been on episodes of Lucy Beaumont's comedy Meet The Richardsons, in which she played a fictional version of herself with former partner Jon Richardson, as well as broadcasters Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Garraway. Other stars joining the group at Ardross Castle are former England rugby player Joe Marler, singers Paloma Faith and Cat Burns, comedians Nick Mohammed and Joe Wilkinson, who have been on comedy shows together, EastEnders star Tameka Empson, and Bafta-winning filmmaker and historian David Olusoga, There will also be influencer Niko Omilana, who has more than seven million subscribers on YouTube and millions more followers across other platforms, Scottish actor and Shetland star Mark Bonnar, and Irish actress Ruth Codd. Since the UK version began in 2022, millions of fans have watched The Traitors on the BBC and it has picked up a Bafta TV Award for best reality and constructed factual programme, and best entertainment performance for Winkleman. The show follows contestants as they try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win cash towards the prize pot. If at the end of the series a traitor is among the finalists, the faithfuls lose out on the money and the traitor takes the full cash prize. The third and most recent series saw project manager Jake Brown and former soldier Leanne Quigley share the prize pot of £94,600.
