Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment UK is pleased to announce the DVD release of the apocalyptic thriller 28 Weeks Later. A nerve-wrenching, bigger and more explosive film than the original, 28 Weeks Later begins in the aftermath of a national catastrophe and against the bleak backdrop of a deserted country. The DVD includes over an hour of special features and is available to buy and rent on September 10th 2007. The cast is led by Robert Carlyle (Full Monty, Trainspotting); Rose Byrne (Sunshine, Troy); Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James, Dahmer); Harold Perrineau (Lost, Matrix Revolutions); Catherine McCormack (Braveheart, Spy Game); Imogen Poots (V for Vendetta) and Idris Elba (The Wire). The film also features newcomer, twelve year old Mackintosh Muggleton who makes his feature film debut. 28 Weeks Later is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto) and produced by Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich (DNA Films) and Enrique Lopez-Lavigne.
The film is written by Fresnadillo, Lopez-Lavigne, Rowan Joffe and Jesus Olmo; with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland as executive producers.
28 Weeks Later is set six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles as the US Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin.
London is quarantined and District One (the area around The Isle of Dogs) is established as a secure "city-state" in order to manage the repopulation of Britain.
In the first wave of returning refugees, a family is reunited - but one of them carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever.