We reported a year ago that it looked Star Wars star John Boyega was returning to his roots in a sequel to Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (here) and now it seems we have confirmation of it.
The original movie saw an alien invasion come to a block in London where it was met by resistance in the form of a handful of residents (one of whom was Doctor Who’s Jodie Whitaker) and a local gang of youths led by Boyega’s Moses. If you’ve not seen it, I strongly recommend it.
And now Moses is set to return to the big screen.
“It’s been a decade since Attack the Block was released and so much has changed since then,” says Boyega “[and] I’m excited to see this heightened story return to the streets of London. Moses has remained one of my favourite characters to play and bringing him back is a huge honour.”
It’s great too that Cornish is back to helm the adventure: “I’m thrilled we’re officially announcing our return to the world of Attack the Block on the tenth anniversary of the film’s release. I can’t wait to work alongside John again, bringing audiences an even bigger slice of inner-city alien action.”
And it sounds like it will indeed feature the return of the alien menace!
I love the original movie and I’m a big fan of Boyega’s so I’m excited to see him getting a return to this universe and hope that he gets treated better than he did in the galaxy far, far away. But that’s another story.
Let’s hope they get Whitaker back too so we can all see how great she is with well-written material.
Are you excited for this? Let me know your thoughts, guys…
Source: Deadline
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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