The 28 MONTHS LATER merry-go-round ends up back with Danny Boyle?

The saga of who will be directing 28 MONTHS LATER continues and the latest scoop is that it may end up back with Danny Boyle, the original helmer of the first movie in the series 28 DAYS LATER and who first talked about the possibility of returning in July 2007. Since then we've heard the movie has been on and off again. At one point the word was Paul Andrew Williams (director of the low budget horror THE COTTAGE) was going to direct but that turned out to be false. Now Boyle's latest comments dated Nov. 7th during a group interview in Beverly Hills, CA, indicates that Boyle wants back in on this franchise...

I€™d certainly like to€I feel the idea is quite a strong idea, and it could well involve directing it. Yeah, absolutely. I€™ve got an idea for it, so I can€™t really tell you any more than that at the moment, but hopefully that might happen.

The Playlist believe the situation is if Boyle is free whenever the script is complete and greenlit, he will direct it. Otherwise he will find someone else, like he did with hiring Juan Carlos Fresnadillo on the last movie when he was busy with SUNSHINE. Now although I've never actually been much of a fan of Boyle's work, I'm happy just to hear this movie is being talked about and that we haven't seen the end of a franchise that still has a lot of avenues to move into.