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Danny Boyle confirms Cillian Murphy will appear in the '28 Years Later' sequel
The upcoming sequel to the zombie horror franchise "28 Days Later" won't feature Cillian Murphy, but director Danny Boyle has promised there's more Cillian to come. After " 28 Years Later" opens in theaters on June 20, Boyle will step aside for the next installment, "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," which will be directed by Nia DaCosta (2021's "Candyman") and premiere on January 16, 2026. The film will mark the first appearance of Murphy's character Jim since the original 2002 movie, which is set in a dystopian United Kingdom in amid zombie apocalypse caused by a virus. "She gets a bit of Cillian at the end," Boyle told BI of DaCosta while speaking about her helming "The Bone Temple." "All I can say is you have to wait for Cillian, but hopefully he will help us get the third film financed." That's right, Boyle has plans for another "28" movie after "The Bone Temple," and he's on board to direct it — though Sony, which is releasing "28 Years" and "The Bone Temple," hasn't committed yet. Sony did not respond to comment for this story. "28 Days Later" was a sensation upon its release in 2002, earning over $85 million worldwide on a budget of roughly $10 million. The film was credited as groundbreaking, both as one of the first mainstream movies to be shot with digital cameras, and for how it redefined the zombie genre with fast-moving undead characters (as opposed to the quiet creep of zombies in "Night of the Living Dead"). But the journey to continue the franchise has been an arduous one for Boyle. When the "28 Days Later" sequel "28 Weeks Later" was released five years after, Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland were not involved. Boyle and Garland (who, since writing "28 Days Later," has gone on to direct "Ex Machina," "Civil War," and "Warfare") spent years working on a third movie. At the same time, producers of the original were fighting over the franchise rights. By 2022, around the time of the original movie's 20th anniversary, the rights reverted back to the producers, and after a bidding war, Sony came out on top, agreeing to release "28 Years Later," a sequel, and, possibly, a third movie, making a new trilogy. "28 Years Later" focuses on an island community in the UK that has survived the virus for decades. It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes. Speaking with BI, Boyle was transparent that he's using Oscar-winner Murphy's celebrity as a bargaining chip to get the third movie made. But Murphy has already helped Boyle get "28 Years Later" without even showing up on screen. The Oscar-winning director said that when he had to sell Sony on his idea of shooting some of the movie's footage with iPhones, it was a promise that Murphy would be involved that got his idea to use camera phones approved. "You promise them Cillian Murphy, that's quite a deflection of any technical concerns, they soon forget," Boyle said with a laugh. "Yeah, we nakedly used that to get our own way. What better promise could you make?"
Perth Now
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Alex Garland to helm Elden Ring movie
Alex Garland is to helm an 'Elden Ring' movie. The 'Warfare' filmmaker, 54, has signed up to write and direct a live-action movie adaptation of Bandai Namco's 2022 fantasy video game of the same name for A24, Deadline reports. Plot details about the 'Elden Ring' flick are being kept under wraps, and no actors are attached to the project yet. In 'Elden Ring', a fallen exile known as the Tarnished journeys through the war-ravaged Lands Between to restore a broken order. Battling demigods and uncovering lost truths, they seek to claim the Elden Ring and ascend as Elden Lord. Garland's next movie is the 2025 horror sequel '28 Years Later', which will see him team up with '28 Days Later' director Danny Boyle again to serve as producer. While the 'Civil War' filmmaker has returned to the horror franchise after sitting out 2007's '28 Weeks Later', Garland explained he had left the franchise after 2002's '28 Days Later' because he "couldn't be in a cynical mindset" to make '28 Years Later'. He explained to The Playlist: "It was this. '28 Days Later' was a very uncynical film. It had a punk sensibility. And in order to make a follow-up to it, you couldn't be in a cynical mindset. "There's various reasons why that wouldn't have worked. And enough time had passed [with us]. There was a key idea that felt tonally correct to what we did 20-something years ago." '28 Years Later' will follow Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Isla (Jodie Comer) as they leave their tight-knit island community after their 12-year-old son Spike (Alfie Williams) embarks on a coming-of-age journey beyond the safety of the island, forcing the family to come face-to-face with the Rage Virus. The blockbuster - which releases in June - will kick off the series' first trilogy, with the second entry '28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple' due to arrive in cinemas next year. While Garland confirmed he had written the scripts for '28 Years Later' and 'The Bone Temple', he did not reveal if he would also work on the upcoming third movie. The writer previously explained it felt like the "natural form" of '28 Years Later' was a trilogy. During an interview with Empire magazine, he said: "This is very narratively ambitious. Danny and I understood that. "We tried to condense it, but its natural form felt like a trilogy." Boyle added that the '28 Years Later' movies would be a "wholly different approach" to what had been seen with '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later'. The filmmaker teased: "It was about what that 28 years gives you." While '28 Years Later' will mark a new era for the horror franchise, producer Andrew Macdonald confirmed Cillian Murphy - who starred as protagonist Jim in '28 Days Later' - wouldn't be in the movie, but would serve as executive producer. Macdonald said: "We wanted [Murphy] to be involved and he wanted to be involved. He is not in the first film, but I'm hoping there will be some Jim somewhere along the line. "He's involved at the moment as an executive producer, and I would hope we can work with him in some way in the future in the trilogy."
Express Tribune
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
28 Years Later: Second official trailer reveals new dangers in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic sequel
Columbia Pictures has released the second official trailer for 28 Years Later, the long-anticipated sequel from director Danny Boyle. The upcoming film returns viewers to a quarantined, post-apocalyptic Britain still grappling with the effects of the rage virus, nearly three decades after its original outbreak. Written by Alex Garland, the film sets the stage for the first of two sequels in a new trilogy. It follows a group of survivors living on an island connected to the mainland by a fortified causeway. One member of the group ventures into the mainland, uncovering harsh realities and unsettling transformations among both the infected and other survivors. The cast features Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, and Ralph Fiennes. Boyle recently said, 'I still love an apocalypse, British-style. I still love the infected. And I still love blowing shit up,' during a CinemaCon appearance. He also hinted that Cillian Murphy, the star of the original 28 Days Later, will appear in the trilogy but not immediately. Murphy, fresh off an Oscar win for Oppenheimer, serves as an executive producer on the new films. Also revealed at CinemaCon was Nia DaCosta's involvement as director of the second sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. She shared that although it draws from the original film, the script for The Bone Temple is unique in tone and content, giving her creative freedom to explore new ideas. 28 Years Later is scheduled for theatrical release on 20 June.
