28 Years Later: Last News

28 Years Later director Danny Boyle has confirmed that Cillian Murphy will be in the forthcoming trilogy.The third film in the franchise that started with 2002’s 28 Days Later will be released in cinemas on June 20, with a follow-up, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, arriving in 2026. A third movie is also in the works.The first trailer for this new trilogy was released in December of last year and became the most watched trailer of 2024.

28 Years Later.The new preview for Final Destination Bloodlines, which follows a family escaping various horrific fates after their grandmother cheated death years ago, launched March 25, ahead of the film’s May 14 UK release.According to a report by Deadline, the grizzly clip achieved 178.7million views in 24 hours across all platforms worldwide, second only to 2017’s IT in terms of viewership, and surpassing the total achieved by 28 Years Later in the same time period.Fans will have one last chance to see Tony Todd as William Bludworth, the sinister funeral director who informs future victims of the “rules” of death. This will mark his fourth appearance as the character in the six-film series, having also made a voice cameo in Final Destination 3.Todd passed away last November, aged 69, with his cause of death undisclosed.

28 Days Later writer Alex Garland has said that The Last Of Us was “better” than his film, in a conversation with its creator Neil Druckmann.The second season of the post-apocalyptic show is arriving on April 13, with Druckmann serving as show runner, having co-created the game it is based on. He has spoken previously about the influence of 28 Days Later on the PlayStation hit, and as Garland returns for sequel 28 Years Later he has offered his own compliment.In an episode of Sony’s Creator To Creator series, Garland told Druckmann: “Let me say this: The Last of Us is better than 28 Days (Later)… or at least the writing is. I’m not going to talk about directing, that would be a silly thing.

Cillian Murphy won’t be making an appearance in this year’s 28 Years Later after all – find out more below.28 Years Later, which is due for release in June 2025 will mark the long-awaited return of the beloved franchise, and will follow new leads Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland – who helmed the acclaimed 2002 original – return to direct and write respectively.Last year, it was reported that Murphy – who led the original 2002 film 28 Days Later – would be involved in the new sequel trilogy as an executive producer, and that he would be returning for the new film “in a surprising way and in a way that grows [the character]”.This was further sparked by a zombie in the 28 Years Later trailer who eerily resembled Murphy, though this was later confirmed to be a character is played by model and art dealer Angus Neill instead.Now, however, in a new interview with Empire, producer Andrew Macdonald has confirmed that Cillian will not appear onscreen in the upcoming 2025 film, though there’s hope for his appearance in one of its two planned sequels: “We wanted him to be involved and he wanted to be involved.

The Bone Temple, the sequel to Danny Boyle‘s and Alex Garland’s anticipated 2025 zombie flick 28 Years Later has received its release date.28 Years Later, which is due for release in June 2025 will mark the long-awaited return of the beloved franchise, and will see the return of Cillian Murphy alongside new leads Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. Murphy will produce, while Boyle and Garland – who helmed the acclaimed 2002 original – return to direct and write.The 2025 film will kick off a planned trilogy for the series, which will see Garland write for all, but Boyle only directing the first.

28 Years Later is the most-watched horror trailer of 2024 and the second most-watched of all time, it’s been revealed.The 28 Years Later trailer, which dropped on December 10, amassed an impressive 60.2million global views in its first 24 hours, and 141.6million global views altogether. This makes it the second-biggest trailer of all time, after It Chapter Two, which amassed almost 100million global views in the first 24 hours.The 28 Years Later trailer beat out the trailers for huge movies including The Nun, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Halloween, and from this year, Smile 2 and Nosferatu.Deadline has reported that, as a result, Sony is releasing the original 2002 movie 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, for purchase and rental tomorrow (December 18).The movie’s development began back in 2007, and after multiple delays, it’s set for release on June 20, 2025.

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later does not feature Cillian Murphy, despite the internet’s initial assumptions.The official trailer for the long-anticipated film dropped on Tuesday (December 10), confirming the movie’s release date of June 20, 2025 and its tagline: “Time didn’t heal anything”.As had been previously confirmed, the trailer features the film’s core cast of Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes, but it was one particular “infested” that is briefly shown in the clip that got fans online speculating.The inclusion of a skinny, emaciated, zombie-like character with a seemingly familiar jawline led many to assume that it was in fact Murphy under the makeup, with one fan noting: “I swear to god, this better not be Jim in #28YearsLater because if it is you ruined my excitement for Cillian’s return to the franchise by infecting him.”I swear to god, this better not be Jim in #28YearsLater because if it is you ruined my excitement for Cillian’s return to the franchise by infecting him pic.twitter.com/GDdTRnpb00— WanderDragon99

28 Years Later has finally been shared and many fans fear that Cillian Murphy‘s character may have come to a sorry end.It was previously confirmed that Murphy, who played bicycle courier Jim in the first movie in the series 28 Days Later, would be returning for the current sequel “in a surprising way and in a way that grows [the character]”.Although it has not been confirmed, one of the zombies in the trailer bore a striking resemblance to the Oscar winner.Fans have also been speculating with one writing: “I swear to god, this better not be Jim in #28YearsLater because if it is you ruined my excitement for Cillian’s return to the franchise by infecting him.”Another added: “Either Cillian Murphy is having fun with a double role or Jim does not have a happy ending in his fate.”I swear to god, this better not be Jim in #28YearsLater because if it is you ruined my excitement for Cillian’s return to the franchise by infecting him pic.twitter.com/GDdTRnpb00— WanderDragon99

Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later is one of the most celebrated classics of modern horror cinema, but where can UK viewers watch the film? Read on for all the info.The 2002 film was written by Alex Garland, who went on to pen the screenplays for films such as Sunshine, Dredd and Never Let Me Go, and eventually direct Ex Machina, Annihilation and Civil War.Boyle followed up his work on Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary and The Beach, and was credited for reinvigorating the zombie genre, even if the creatures in the film are not technically the undead.The film is set amid an outbreak of a high contagious, aggression-inducing virus, with society having broken down. Cillian Murphy stars as Jim, a bicycle courier who fell into a coma before the outbreak and wakes to find London seemingly entirely deserted.

Ralph Fiennes appears to have leaked plot details for the upcoming apocalypse sequel 28 Years Later.The third instalment in the franchise, which began with 2002’s 28 Days Later and was followed by 2007’s 28 Weeks Later, will see the return of Cillian Murphy as Jim, while Danny Boyle is back in the director’s chair.Details on the plot have so far been scarce, though Fiennes – who is joining the franchise – has let slip the synopsis in a new interview.Confirming that two of the planned three films have been shot, he told IndieWire: “Britain is 28 years into this terrible plague of infected people who are violent, rabid humans with a few pockets of uninfected communities.“And it centers on a young boy who wants to find a doctor to help his dying mother. He leads his mother through this beautiful northern English terrain.

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