The next sequel to 28 Days Later is coming to theaters this summer. Intended to launch a new trilogy of films, 28 Years Later serves as a follow-up to 2002's 28 Days Later with original director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland reuniting to continue the story.

As fans of the franchise will know, 28 Years Later is not the first follow-up film to 28 Days Later. In 2007, the first sequel, 28 Weeks Later, was released, but with different filmmakers; Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directed with a screenplay co-written with Rowan Joffe, E.L. Lavigne, and Jesus Olmo. In a new interview with The Playlist, Garland commented on getting back together with Boyle to revisit the franchise after the duo's absence for 28 Weeks Later. The writer said that the only follow-up story the two of them could tell personally required a certain amount of time to first go by.

“It was this,...