Jeremy Renner ("S.W.A.T.", "Dahmer", "Lords of Dogtown") has been cast in a lead role in "28 Weeks Later", the Fox Atomic sequel to the zombie thriller "28 Days Later" reports Variety.

Story picks up six months after the end of the first pic, in which a virus spreads, leaving few survivors. Special Forces is working to restore order and helping repopulate London when a carrier of the virus unknowingly ignites a reinfection.

Renner will play Sgt. Doyle, one of the heroes of the sequel. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is directing from a script by Rowan Joffe.