The actor has lined up three film roles in recent weeks, in-cluding Fox Atomic's "28 Weeks Later," the follow-up to the hit sci-fi indie "28 Days Later." In the sequel, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ("Intacto"), Perrineau will play an upbeat American Special Forces pilot who documents and leads to safety the families returning to London after the viral outbreak. Matthew Wilder wrote and is directing the film, in which Perrineau will play Richard Roundtree, a star in the fictional '70s thriller "Earthquake," obsessed with the sci-fi author.

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