Sony showed off the second trailer for its highly anticipated horror sequel 28 Years Later at CinemaCon today — a tense few minutes that focus largely on Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s character, who leaves a pristine island to head to a zombie-infested mainland. “Once you walk onto the mainland, there’s no rescues,” we hear as zombies are hunted and attack.
The first trailer had featured Taylor-Johnson’s paternal figure guarding the green fields of England with a bow and arrow, accompanied by the unsettling sound of a Taylor Holmes recording of Rudyard Kipling’s war poem “Boots.” That dropped back in December and is now the third most-watched horror trailer ever with 60.2 million views in its first 24 hours.
That prompted Sony to re-release the original 2002 Danny Boyle-directed zombie movie, 28 Days Later on digital Dec. 18 for purchase and rental.
Sony won the revamped Boyle-directed franchise in an auction, reteaming with scribe Alex Garland and starring Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer, Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell.
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