Danny Boyle is returning for more zombie madness. After helming 28 Days Laterand 28 Years Later, Boyle will direct the third entry in the 28 Years Later trilogy.

According to Empire Magazine, Boyles third film will not go into production until audiences respond to the first film. The trilogys second film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta, opens in theaters on January 16, 2026.

Recommended Videos While speaking to Empire, Boyle revealed his wholly different approach to28 Years Later. The film focuses on a community of survivors on Holy Island, aka Lindisfarne, a secluded community connected to the U.K. mainland. The Rage Virus is still wreaking havoc on the overall population, but the Holy Island community has managed to keep it outside its walls.

Please enable Javascript to view this content Its a closed and necessarily very tight community, Boyle said. There are very strict defense laws, obviously, to survive that long in what is effectively an ongoing hostile environment. Theyve created a successful community, as they see it.

28 YEARS LATER Official Trailer (HD) 28 Years Laterreunites Boyle with screenwriter Alex Garland, who also wrote28 Days Later. The cast includes Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack OConnell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Edvin Ryding.

One of the notable names missing is Cillian Murphy, who played Jim in28 Days Later. In the harrowing trailer for28 Years Later, many fans believed they briefly spotted an infected Jim in the footage. Thats not the case, as producer Andrew Macdonald revealed Murphy is not in28 Years Later. Macdonald did leave the door open for Murphys return in a later entry.

Hes 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, Macdonald said.

28 Years Lateropens theatrically on June 20, 2025.

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