Scorching on the heels of the enthusiastic first response to 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple comes the information that Sony Photos is transferring ahead with 28 Years Later 3. Deadline studies that Alex Garland is at present writing the script for the third installment, with Cillian Murphy in talks to reprise his function as Jim, the character he performed in 28 Days Later.
Cillian Murphy Does Seem in The Bone Temple
Murphy does seem in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, however the actor has cautioned that he doesn’t have a major function within the sequel, saying he’s “only in it for a little bit.” He teased that he would play a a lot greater function within the third movie, assuming The Bone Temple is successful. “Everyone’s got to go and see the second one,” he stated. “I’m positive they may – it’s actually, actually good.“
What Danny Boyle Has Stated Concerning the Trilogy
28 Years Later director Danny Boyle stated every movie within the trilogy will stand alone, however there are characters and story components that can movement via all the flicks. “Well, it’s three films, a trilogy of films which have connecting characters,” he stated. “We’ve shot the primary two back-to-back, and that was for logistical causes, actor availability causes, and for story causes as nicely. They’re actually steady… There’s a coda… it’s not a coda, it’s the epilogue or an finish theme on the finish of the primary movie [28 Years Later] that offers you a handover to the second movie. Though every story completes itself, there’s a handover part to the subsequent movie as nicely. So it’s very formidable. We haven’t acquired the cash for the third one but. It would rely how the primary one does, I assume. However hopefully if we do okay, they’ll give us the go-ahead for the cash and for the third one. Everyone’s standing by for that, actually. Together with Cillian.“
What’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple About?
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple picks up shortly after the occasions of the primary movie and follows Spike (Alfie Williams) as he’s launched to Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) and his gang of killers. In the meantime, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a surprising new relationship — with penalties that might change the world as they comprehend it — and Spike’s encounter with Jimmy Crystal turns into a nightmare he can’t escape. Nia DaCosta directed the sequel, which is about to hit theaters on January 16, 2026.
