Jeremy Renner has been cast in a lead role in 28 Weeks LatyerJeremy Renner, the Fox Atomic sequel to the zombie thriller 28 Days Later, reports Variety.
The story picks up six months after the end of the first film, in which a virus spreads, leaving few survivors. Special Forces is working to restore order and helping repopulate London when a carrier of the virus unknowingly ignites a reinfection.
Renner will play Sgt. Doyle, one of the heroes of the sequel.
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is directing from a script by Rowan Joffe. Andrew MacDonald, Andrew Garland and Danny Boyle produce. Boyle directed the first installment.