28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later (2007)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Photo 135

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Release date

2007-04-26

Country

Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Production

DNA Films, Figment Films, Sociedad General de Cine S.A., UK Film Council, Fox Atomic, Koan Films, Sogecine

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$72 304 846

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Director

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Actors

Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, Idris Elba, Amanda Walker, Shahid Ahmed
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Scenario

Producer

Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Bernard Bellew, Enrique López Lavigne, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland

Operator

Enrique Chediak

Composer

John Murphy

Artist

Katrina Mackay, Gareth Cousins

Audition

Shaheen Baig

Editing

Chris Gill
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• Danny Boyle relinquished directing duties in favor of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, remaining on the project as an executive producer. Nevertheless, he directed several scenes for the film.
• Robert Carlyle turned down an offer to play a role in '28 Days Later' (2002), but agreed to appear in the sequel.
• The scenes at Wembley Stadium were filmed at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, as construction work at Wembley was not completed at the time of filming.
• In the first draft of the script, the children are named Danny and Tamsin, but in the final version, their names were changed to Andy and Tammy.
• Filming of the deserted London scenes was done between 4 and 5 a.m. to minimize disruption to city residents.
• Danny Boyle turned down directing, remaining on the project as an executive producer. Nevertheless, he filmed several scenes for the film.
• The now-famous final shot was added to the film at the very last moment. The script ended with a shot of a helicopter in a parking lot, and it was assumed that this would be the end of the film. Two days before the film was scheduled to be delivered to 'Fox Searchlight', director and screenwriter Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, screenwriter and producer Enrique López Lavigne, and co-producer Bernard Belleau flew to Paris and shot the scene that ultimately ended the film. It was conceived by Fresnadillo and Lavigne, and was filmed with only one camera in the presence of three crew members and with the participation of twelve local actors hired on the spot. The sound was urgently mixed in London, and the scene was inserted into the film's finale.
• All the night scenes of the heroes' journey through London were filmed during the day using a new method devised by the film’s cinematographer, Enrique Chediak. Night scenes were shot during the day for three reasons. First, Macintosh Muggleton, who played Andy, could only film during the day. Second, the plot stipulated that a complete shutdown and power outage had occurred in London. In reality, if filming had actually taken place in London at night, achieving a complete blackout would have been impossible, and 'removing' all the light from the frame later would have been incredibly difficult. Filming during the day, on the other hand, meant that some light would remain in windows, but it was easier to remove, and when the daytime footage was transformed into night footage on film, everything in the frame darkens evenly, creating the impression of complete darkness. And third, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was always a fervent admirer of transforming daytime images into nighttime on film, believing that it would only add to the overall atmosphere of anxiety and fear.
• Robert Carlyle turned down an offer to play a role in "28 Days Later" (2002), but agreed to appear in the sequel.