28 Years Later Director Reveals Why Movie Had Controversial Jimmy Savile Ending that Has Split Fans

Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes on what drew them to Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later

28 Years Later is in cinemas now. Add it to your watchlistIt’s been 23 years since Cillian Murphy’s bike courier Jim woke up from a coma in a London hospital. Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later – written by The Beach novelist Alex Garland – gave us some of the most iconic images on film in the early 21st century, as Murphy’s Jim wandered across a deserted Westminster Bridge and Piccadilly Circus – only to discover that the population had been evacuated…

Crafting the ‘28 Years Later’ Soundtrack: How Scottish Band Young Fathers Worked With ‘King of the Needle Drop’ Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle is a director known for his exceptional use of music to score key — and now iconic — scenes in his films. Think Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” in “Trainspotting” as Ewan McGregor pounded the streets of Edinburgh or the movie’s euphoric closing moments as Underworld’s era-defining track “Born Slippy” played. In fact, think most of the “Trainspotting” soundtrack. But then there was A.R Rahman’s hands-in-the-air anthem “Jai Ho!” from the “S…

28 Years Later’s ending sets up a very controversial sequel

28 Years Later is a superb, multifaceted horror movie with a lot of different things on its mind, and over its two hours it moves through quite a few tonal shifts: folk horror, coming-of-age family drama, gory action movie, and surreal meditation on societal breakdown. Even in this context, though, the ending is jarring, and might leave viewers wondering: What was that all about? On one level, it’s a setup for the film’s sequel. Screenwriter Ale…

'28 Years Later' ending explained: who is Jack O'Connell's Jimmy?

Over twenty years after director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland rejuvenated the zombie horror genre, the pair have reunited on 28 Years Later. The third instalment in the 28 Days Later franchise takes place on an island off the coast of England, as a father takes his 12-year-old son to the infected mainland for the first time. READ MORE: ‘28 Years Later’ review: brilliantly bizarre sequel turns the franchise on its (decapitated) head Cilli…

28 Years Later Jimmy Savile ending explained by Danny Boyle

28 Years Later director Danny Boyle has shared why Jack O'Connell's character appears to be dressed like Jimmy Savile and why he wears an upside-down crucifix.

'28 Years Later' dropped a meta clue you might have missed

Danny Boyle is back, and hits as hard as ever with 28 Years Later. The zombie thriller has roared to the top of the box office, bringing in $30 million domestic and $60 million worldwide. Not too shabby for an R-rated horror movie! Fans of 28 Days Later have been poring over every detail of this masterfully scary movie, from its use of iPhones to its possible retconning of 28 Weeks Later and its bonkers ending. But there is one detail amid the t…