The upcoming new 28 Years Later trilogy is apparently two thirds of the way through filming, as star Ralph Fiennes has revealed in a new interview, along with brand new plot details.
From original 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, the first entry into the new trilogy is titled 28 Years Later, and stars Fiennes along with Jack O’Connell (Skins, Eden Lake), Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, Killing Eve), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter, the upcoming Nosferatu) and Erin Kellyman (The Green Knight).
28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy is executive producing, and will also be returning “in a surprising way” for the first instalment at least. Candyman‘s Nia DaCosta will be directing the as-of-now untitled second movie of the three.
In the new interview with IndieWire, Fiennes revealed some brand new plot points of 28 Years Later, which hits theaters on June 20, 2025 via Sony:
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. But of course, around them hiding in forests and hills and woods are the infected. But he finds a doctor who is a man we might think is going to be weird and odd, but actually is a force for good.
Released in 2002, 28 Days Later reinvented the zombie genre (yes, yes, we know, they're infected) by making the once-shambling shufflers into feral, frenzied freaks that could outrun you in a heartbeat. The film and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, influenced many of the zombie movies of the 2000s and 2010s, including World War Z and The Walking Dead series.
As opposed to the original movie's humble $8 million budget, 28 Years Later is apparently working with a significant increase of $75 million – and was apparently shot on an iPhone 15. Given 28 Days Later‘s distinctive digital look, this shouldn't come as a huge surprise, and we're very intrigued to see how it'll look.
Now that 28 Years Later is getting closer, let's hope that 28 Days Later gets the boutique physical media release it so deserves. Until then, we'll bring you more updates as we get them.
