Danny Boyle confirmed that he will return to direct the third installment of the new trilogy.
28 Years Laterscheduled for release in June 2025, will mark the long-awaited return of the beloved franchise and will follow the new protagonists Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. Danny Boyle and Alex Garlandwho led the acclaimed 2002 original film, return to direct and write respectively.
Last year, it was reported that Cillian Murphywho starred in the original 2002 film 28 Days Layerwould be involved in the new sequel trilogy as an executive producer, and that he would return for the new film “in a surprising way and in a way that grows [al personaje]”.
All of this was further fueled by a zombie in the trailer for 28 Years Later who looked eerily similar to Murphy, although it was later confirmed that this was a character played by the model and art dealer Angus Neill.
What will happen to Cillian Murphy in 28 Years Later
Now, however, in a new interview with Empire, the producer Andrew Macdonald has confirmed that Cillian will not appear on screen in the upcoming 2025 film, although there are hopes he will appear in one of its two planned sequels: “We wanted him to be involved and he wanted to be involved. He’s not in the first film, but I hope he is. there’s something about Jim at some point.”
Macdonald continued: “He’s involved right now as an executive producer and I hope we can work with him in some capacity in the future on the trilogy.”.
The 2025 film will kick off a planned trilogy for the series, in which Garland will write for everyone, but Boyle will direct the first. The second film of the trilogy 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is being directed by Nia DaCosta and it has been revealed that it will hit theaters just a few months after 28 Years Later.
What 28 Years Later is about
According to the official synopsis, it’s been nearly three decades since the rabies virus escaped from a bioweapons lab and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist among the infected.
One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the continent, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors that have mutated not only the infected, but other survivors as well.
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