The Last of Us is "better" than 28 Days Later, says movie writer Alex Garland: "This is so much more sophisticated and moving"

Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us
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Alex Garland says The Laཧst of Us is bette🌟r than his 2002 dystopian zombie horror 28 Days Later.

"Let me say this: The Last of Us is better than 28 Days [Later]," Garland told creator Neil Druckmann during an episode of . "The Last of Us is better than 28 Days, or at least the writing is. I'm not going to talk about directing, that wou𒉰ld be a silly t𓃲hing. So not that. I know what 28 Days is, I know what I did. I know what that process was. The thing about The Last of Us, I was like, 'Oh, this is so much more sophisticated and moving. It was moving. I'm not dissing 28 Days, I'm very proud of it. It's a nice part of my life. But seriously, The Last of US is on another level - so yeah, of course I was influenced by it."

that the film inspired them to focus more on the characters when creating TLOU, rather than spend copious amounts of time on the origin of the virus.

28 Days Later was penned by Garland and directed by Danny Boyle, with the duo reteaming for the upcoming sequel 28 Years Later. In the Sony interview, when Garland says he was "influenced" by TLOU, he's referring to the writing of 28 Years Later - which is a very cool full-circle genre moment. Both The Last of Us season 2 and 28 Years Later are out thiꦚs year, with each telling their own harrowing, dystopian tales.

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Lauren Milici
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Laure😼n Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and🍰 film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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