Attack the Block director Joe Cornish is working hard on the sequel alongside star John Boyega, and has now provided a very promising update on development of the project. Appearing on The Kingcast podcast, Cornish revealed that he and Boyega are currently in the process of doing a whole lot of research in order to best realize their idea for Attack the Block 2.
Not only are they drowning themselves in necessary research, Cornish and Boyega have already completed a treatment and put together the storyline for Attack the Block 2. And it certainly sounds like it is just a matter of time before we see the follow-up on screen.
“The nice thing about the first movie was, nobody was expecting it. Nobody knew who John was or who I was, certainly, outside of UK comedy circles. And we put a lot of work into the first one! Obviously, I can make stuff up about aliens quite easily, but the other stuff – the aspects of reality that we folded the fantasy into – we did a lot of research for, and so we are currently doing that same thing.”
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“We have a very detailed treatment and a storyline we’re very, very excited about – and when I say ‘we,’ I mean me and John Boyega, who [I’m co-producing the film with] and consulting very closely with – and we’re doing all the research to make sure we get it right.”
Joe Cornish Compares the Vision for Attack the Block 2 to Aliens & Terminator 2
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While we have been given some idea of what Attack the Block 2 will involve, including picking up with Boyega’s character, Moses, now in his 30s and tackling gentrification, Cornish teases a much bigger movie than the first outing. Even comparing Attack the Block to two of the greatest sequels of all time: Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Released in 2011, the first Attack the Block centers on a teenage street gang led by John Boyega as Moses, who finds himself battling predatory alien invaders after they land on their council estate in South London. Written and directed by Joe Cornish, Attack the Block underperformed at the box, but was highly praised by critics, and has since garnered a dedicated following thanks to its pitch perfect blend of sci-fi, comedy, and horror.
“This very afternoon I spent two hours [interviewing] someone whose life intersects with one element of the story, and when we’re done here I’m gonna go home and transcribe that. So, we’re doing our due diligence in building the screenplay and taking the same amount of care we took with the first one. But we’re very, very quietly confident and excited about what we’ve got. We think about Alien and Aliens and Terminator and Terminator 2, and we wanna take a shot at doing our version of what people did for [those movies].”
Aside from Attack the Block 2, Joe Cornish is currently busy writing and directing the Netflix detective thriller series, Lockwood & Co., which is due to debut tomorrow.
