Alex Garland credits “The last of us“To make his sequel film “28 years later“Even better.
Garland, who imprisoned the original 2002 Zombie movie “28 days later” and returns to write the third feature “28 years later”, said under “Creator to Creator” podcast in the video below that it was “The Last of Us” game that inspired him to up his own “game” as a screenwriter.
Neil Druckmannthe creator of the original “The Last of US” game and co -creator of the HBO series Adaptation with Craig MazinBe in discussion with Garland for the panel.
“I was so inspired by your work,” Garland told Druckmann. “‘The Last of Us’ is better than ’28 days later.’ The thing with” The Last of Us “, I was like, this is so much more sophisticated. It was very nice for me with ‘The Last of Us’ to feel like someone who says:’ Where is your game? ‘ ”
Garland explained that his first film in the franchise, “28 days later”, was affected by “Resident Evil” and “Dawn of the Dead.” However, the action for “28 years later” had more “The Last of US” parallels, something that Garland credited “The Last of US” was such a force in Zeitgeist. Still, he had to convince “28 days later” director Danny Boyle to be on board for the “28 years later” concept, first. Garland’s script has been Circulating since 2019With Boyle who said in 2022 that he was “very tempted” to direct; The film will now be released in 2025.
“I had this really odd idea (in ’28 years later ‘),” said Garland, leaving, “I think there is something irreverent or some punk somewhere in what I do. I had an idea where the heroes were Chinese special forces and the UK had been quarantined and China had discovered that the virus had been weap Can you create a vaccine. Danny Boyle read it and he said: ‘Yes, OK.
Garland continued, “and then I thought: ‘Why doesn’t he like it? It’s just not so good … ‘And then I thought I should be very stranger with this, a lot of smell, so I made a completely different story, which in fact has a’ last of us’ connection. “Last of us” had such an impact on me. ”
Druckmann in turn said: “I think it’s such a compliment. (…) There is a direct line between the fast infected (on ’28 days later ‘) and the infected in’ The Last of US. ”
Garland, which is now Consultant military thriller “Warfare” With Navy Seal veteran Ray Mendoza said he never used his previous films, including “28 days later.” It was not until he had to create stories for the 2007 sequel “28 weeks later” that Garland looked back on his own career.
“In years and years and years I have never taken on any movie I have worked with,” he said. “I’ve only recovered one, actually,” the fear “.”
He added his filmography, “I was glad not to be a director (’28 years later ‘). I had been a director for a few years and I was somehow done with it in different ways. “He added that co-directed” warfare “with Mendoza did” The job much easier. ”
When it comes to Druckmann and “The Last of Us”, the series debuts Season 2 2025. The show is also renewed for season 3. “I’ve always thought that games know so much more than people give them credit (too),” Druckmann said.
Check out the entire video below.
