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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Young actors in zombie blockbuster 28 Years Later, partly filmed in Bradford
YOUNG actors from a Bradford acting agency will be terrifying cinema audiences this summer - in zombie blockbuster 28 Years Later, which was partly filmed in the city. Directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle, the film is a new chapter of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic movie series that began with 28 Days Later. Joining the star-studded cast, headed by Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes, are three students from Baildon-based Articulate Agency: Rocco Haynes, 11, Harriet Taylor, 10, and Hayley Walters, 19. Rocco and Harriet with members of the cast in costume Rocco started acting classes aged four and his breakout role was busking in an award-winning Christmas Co-op advert in 2020 with his older brother, Austin. Rocco has since been in TV dramas Gentleman Jack, The A Word and All Creatures Great and Small and films such as Prince Naseem Hamed biopic Giant. Rocco, who spent two months filming 28 Years Later in Scotland and Northumberland, said: "When I landed the role I couldn't believe it! Danny (Boyle) was so kind on set, both he and the Director of Photography, Anthony (Dod Mantle) made me feel completely at ease. The cast and crew were amazing to work with. "Even though it's a scary film, the set was full of energy and excitement. I had a brilliant stuntman, Julian, who taught me how to do my own stunts safely. I'm so grateful to be part of such an incredible film.' Hayley, who has been in TV dramas, Dark Angel and The Dumping Ground, said: "I was doing my A-Levels one day and the next I was filming alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, being directed by Danny Boyle, who were so lovely and made me feel so welcome." Harriet, who was in folk horror movie Starve Acre, said: "I had the best time on set. Thank you to all my teachers at Articulate for helping build my confidence, which made me feel at home on set." Danny Boyle with the cast at this week's London premiere of the film. Pic: Ian West/PA Stacey Burrows, Director of Articulate Agency, said: 'This year has seen our young talent cast in some major movies. All three of these young actors are exceptional talents with huge potential. We're really proud to have secured roles in such an iconic film series under the visionary director, Danny Boyle.' Scenes for 28 Years Later were filmed at the former Richard Dunn Sports Centre last September. Nearby Sunny Bank Road was closed during filming and film crew trucks were spotted, along with several rusty cars and a large crane carrying lighting. Scenes were also shot in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Film crew vehicles at the former Richard Dunn Sports Centre in 2024 (Image: Newsquest) In 28 Years Later, released this week, a group of survivors of the 'rage virus' are living on a small island. When one of them leaves for the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors. The film series began in 2002 with 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy, which reset the zombie genre for the 21st century. Its huge success led to a sequel, 28 Weeks Later, in 2007.
CNA
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNA
Director Danny Boyle uses iPhones to revive 28 Days zombie film franchise
More than two decades after the release of his zombie apocalyptic horror hit 28 Days Later, director Danny Boyle is returning to the franchise with a fresh set of eyes and a twist on a new technology. The original film was set against the background of a "rage virus" that destroyed Britain and forced residents into quarantine. It was followed by the sequel 28 Weeks Later, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Even more time has passed in 28 Years Later, which is released this week and reunites Boyle with the original film's writer, Alex Garland. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and newcomer Alfie Williams, the movie follows a young boy's journey with his father from a closed-off community on an island to the mainland to kill his first zombie. His mother grapples with an illness which isolates her from the rest of her community and threatens to tear the family apart. "There'd be occasional screenings of (28 Days Later) and ... it hadn't really dated," Boyle told Reuters at the world premiere of 28 Years Later on Wednesday (Jun 18) night. "More importantly, the people's reaction to it felt like they were watching something very present day ... And that led us to start thinking, should we introduce something else into this world?" One of the innovations was the camera setup. Boyle got in close to the action by sometimes using up to 20 iPhones at a time on special rigs. "Smartphones, they will now shoot at 4K resolution, which is cinema resolution. So you can use them," Boyle said. "They are incredibly light. You can go somewhere with a very light footprint and you can also build special rigs with them, which is what we did for some of the violent action in the movie." Taylor-Johnson said the technique gave the film a "visceral and immersive" texture. "It would make me feel a bit vulnerable at times because it's very invasive."
Forbes
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘28 Years Later' Reviews: Is There Still Life In Zombie Franchise?
"28 Years Later" partial movie poster. Sony Pictures Entertainment Danny Boyle's zombie thriller 28 Years Later, starring Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jodi Comer, is new in theaters this weekend. How are critics reacting to the film? Director Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland (Warfare) reunite for 28 Years Later, more than two decades after the original film in the series, 28 Days Later, was released in 2002. Boyle served as an executive producer on the film's first sequel, 28 Weeks Later, which was released in 2007. The official summary for 28 Years Later reads, 'It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. 'When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.' Rated R, 28 Years Later also stars Alfie Williams and Jack O'Connell. The film plays in Thursday previews before it opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. As of Thursday, Rotten Tomatoes critics have given 28 Year Later a 92% 'fresh' rating based on 121 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus reads, '28 Years Later taps into contemporary anxieties with the ferocious urgency of someone infected with Rage Virus, delivering a haunting and visceral thrill ride that defies expectations.' The RT Popcornmeter score, based on verified user ratings, as well as the film's audience summary, is still pending. Amy Nicholson of the Los Angeles Times is among the top critics on RT who gives 28 Years Later a 'fresh' rating, writing in her review summary, 'It's a kooky spectacle, a movie that aggressively cuts from moments of philosophy to violence, from pathos to comedy. Tonally, it's an ungainly creature. From scene to scene, it lurches like the brain doesn't know what the body is doing.' David Ehrlich of IndieWire gives the film a 'fresh' rating on RT as well, writing that 28 Years Later is 'wildly unexpected for a film that's been promised for so long, this tense and tender post-apocalyptic drama contends that to exist in denial of death is to corrupt the integrity of life itself.' William Bibbiani of The Wrap also gives the film a 'fresh' rating on RT, writing, 'The filmmakers haven't redefined the zombie genre, but they've refocused their own culturally significant riff into a lush, fascinating epic that has way more to say about being human than it does about (re-)killing the dead.' Esther Zuckerman of Bloomberg News is also impressed by 28 Years Later, calling it in her review summary on RT 'one of the strangest, most exhilarating blockbusters in recent memory. It's a truly bizarre piece of art that's somehow both grotesque and extremely moving.' Nick Schager of The Daily Beast also gives the horror thriller a 'fresh' review on RT, writing that 28 Years Later is 'a gripping, unnerving, and altogether thrilling saga that both continues its predecessors' illustrious legacy and initiates what's shaping up to be a promising new horror trilogy.' Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair also praised the film, writing on RT, 'Grim and strange, 28 Years Later finds [Danny] Boyle once again following the irregular rhythms of his brain.' As of this publication, only of RT's top critics — Rafer Guzman of Newsday — gives the second sequel to 28 Days Later a 'rotten' review. Guzman writes in his RT summary, '28 Years Later tries hard to outpace the original film and keep up with the culture at large, but instead, it lumbers slowly behind.' Also starring Erin Kellyman and Emma Laird, 28 Years Later plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
Reuters
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Danny Boyle uses iPhones to revive '28 Days' zombie film franchise
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - More than two decades after the release of his zombie apocalyptic horror hit "28 Days Later", director Danny Boyle is returning to the franchise with a fresh set of eyes and a twist on a new technology. The original film was set against the background of a "rage virus" that destroyed Britain and forced residents into quarantine. It was followed by the sequel "28 Weeks Later", directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Even more time has passed in "28 Years Later", which is released this week and reunites Boyle with the original film's writer, Alex Garland. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and newcomer Alfie Williams, the movie follows a young boy's journey with his father from a closed-off community on an island to the mainland to kill his first zombie. His mother grapples with an illness which isolates her from the rest of her community and threatens to tear the family apart. "There'd be occasional screenings of ("28 Days Later") and ... it hadn't really dated," Boyle told Reuters at the world premiere of "28 Years Later" on Wednesday night. "More importantly, the people's reaction to it felt like they were watching something very present day ... And that led us to start thinking, should we introduce something else into this world?" One of the innovations was the camera setup. Boyle got in close to the action by sometimes using up to 20 iPhones at a time on special rigs. "Smartphones, they will now shoot at 4K resolution, which is cinema resolution. So you can use them," Boyle said. "They are incredibly light. You can go somewhere with a very light footprint and you can also build special rigs with them, which is what we did for some of the violent action in the movie." Taylor-Johnson said the technique gave the film a "visceral and immersive" texture. "It would make me feel a bit vulnerable at times because it's very invasive." "28 Years Later" will also be first of a new trilogy of movies, with the second - "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" - due in January.
Wall Street Journal
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘28 Years Later' Review: Danny Boyle's Bloody Zombie Bore
'28 Years Later' imagines a Britain that has become so overrun by a zombie virus that few who haven't been infected are left. Not unreasonably, Europeans have strictly quarantined British islands to keep anyone from emigrating to spread the savagery-inducing disease to the continent. Welcome to the Hotel Britannia: You can freak out any time you like, but you can never leave. In the follow-up to '28 Days Later' (2002) and '28 Weeks Later' (2007), at least one small island off the coast of the U.K. mainland is, for now, safe. The resourceful, macho Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his slightly timid 12-year-old son, Spike (Alfie Williams), are among the uninfected villagers who live in a merry commune so tradition-minded that a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is given a place of honor. These jubilantly rural folk have turned back to pre-modern ways: Their culture venerates bow-hunting, and kids have not heard of cellphones. Perhaps never before has the link between electronic pocket devices and zombification been quite so starkly defined.
