Alex Garland‘s original pitch for 28 Years Later had the film “completely in Mandarin”.
Alex Garland had a different idea for 28 Years Later
The 55-year-old writer-and-director has teamed up with Danny Boyle for the third installment of the horror franchise, and he’s admitted the screenplay he started working on following the COVID-19 pandemic was “completely and utterly generic”, but with a “punk” twist.
Alex told Rolling Stone magazine: “Yeah, it was completely and utterly f****** generic.
“There’s always been something slightly punk about 28 Days Later…, which I think stems from my age, Danny’s age, and where we grew up.
“The idea was that a group of military commandos would break quarantine and try to get to the place where the virus had originated, in order to find a cure. When they got there, they found another group that had got there first, and who were trying to weaponise the virus.
“The punk element was that the commandos would be Chinese Special Forces, and the film would be completely in Mandarin and subtitled, and just sort of be f****** with people in various ways.”
The film would have seen major action sequences, including shootouts and mass attacks, which Alex could “think of a bunch of filmmakers who could have effectively picked it up and run with it.”
However, his concern the plot was predictable and not quite right was confirmed when he turned the script over to Danny.
Alex recalled: “Danny, in effect, said to me: ‘Alex, are you kidding?’
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