On Sunday (July 7), large camera vans were seen travelling through Ripon, carrying crew members - sparking questions from locals about what was happening. However, those questions have now been answered - after it was confirmed that filming for 28 Years Later; a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, was taking place. In images captured and posted to social media group Blow Your Horn Ripon, a large 'Movie Makers' HGV can be seen travelling through Ripon.
A camera van travelling through Ripon (Image: BLOW YOUR HORN RIPON) According to IMDB: "Originally, the follow-up was set to be titled "28 Months Later", continuing with the movie's timeline-set title motif. However, after so much time had passed since we last returned to this world in 2007 (28 Weeks Later), it was deemed more appropriate to name the film "28 Years Later"." It's understood that, along with filming in Ripon, the Hollywood movie will also use Aysgarth Falls for some of its scenes.
While the film crews were in Ripon over the weekend, coffee shop Oliver's Pantry played host to acclaimed actress Jodie Comer. This inclusion of North Yorkshire in the filming of 28 Years Later follows trailers and crew being spotted in Lindisfarne (the Holy Island), Hexham, Newcastle and County Durham in recent months. In images captured of film crews so far, trailers at Lindisfarne, Hexham, and Waskerley, near Consett, in County Durham, there seems to be an extensive team behind the production, which.