"Get ready for the coolest, scariest movie of the year," Fox Searchlight Pictures' President of Distribution Steve Gilula said.
In "28 Days Later" a powerful virus is unleashed on the British public following a raid on a primate research facility by animal rights activists. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them...
"28 Days Later" re-teams the director/producer duo of Danny Boyle and Andrew Macdonald, who previously collaborated on multiple award-winning films "Trainspotting," "Shallow Grave" and "A Life Less Ordinary." The film's original screenplay was written by Alex Garland, the author of "The Beach." It stars Cillian Murphy ("Disco Pigs"), Naomie Harris ("White Teeth"), Christopher Eccleston ("The Others," "Shallow Grave"), Megan Burns ("Liam") and Brendan Gleeson ("The General," "A.I."). Following its blockbuster British release in fall 2002, "28 Days Later" was named Best British Film by the UK's Empire Awards.
"28 Days Later" earned $10 million when it opened in the U.K. in 2002. The U.S. premiere of the film was held at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. "28 Days Later" has also been selected to screen at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival on May 7 and May 9.
Sneak screenings will take place in the following 28 cities on Friday the 13th of June: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madison, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C.
Fox Searchlight is a filmmaker-oriented company that focuses on distinctive films helmed by world-class auteurs and exciting newcomers. It has its own marketing, distribution and publicity operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group.
