The first teaser trailer is out 28 years laterthe third installment of the Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland 28 days later franchise. And maybe just show the outcome of Cillian Murphy’s character, Jim.
Asking the question, “What will humanity become?”, the post-apocalyptic horror film picks up nearly three decades after the attack of a rage-inducing virus that caused society to crumble after it escaped from a bioweapons lab.
The audience saw chaos for the first time in 2002 28 days laterin which Murphy played a bicycle courier who wakes up from a coma in the middle of an epidemic. Sequel to Juan Carlos Fersnadillo’s 2007 28 weeks later it chronicled the efforts of NATO military forces as they tried to save the safe zone in London from the virus.
Murphy’s Jim was missing from the sequel, but reportedly appears in it 28 years later despite his name not being included in the official cast. The Oscar winner is even the executive producer of the film.
But viewers won’t see Murphy in the trailer – except, perhaps, for a brief shot of a zombie that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Irish star.
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Could it be Jim? Fans will have to wait until the film’s release in June 2025 to know for sure, though the internet chatter seems to be abuzz with speculation.
That voice also includes praise for the suspenseful trailer itself, which does a great job of setting the tone for the film without giving away too much of the plot. The clip is set to a haunting recording of Rudyard Kipling’s war poem “Boots” former silent film stars Taylor Holmes, a choice that ups the ante when it comes to the fear factor.
Franchise newcomers Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star in the 28 years latera trio fighting through fear to secure their future. The trailer opens with the outbreak saying it “started 10,228 days ago,” and then goes on to show that no matter how much time has passed, the threat of the rage virus remains.
In fact, the slogan for 28 years later warns: “Time has not healed anything.”
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The wolf man The full trailer shows Christopher Abbott transforming into a terrifying monster
28 years later is the first part in a new trilogy of films in the franchise. 28 Years Later II: Temple of Bonesdirect sequel, has already been filmed with director Nia DaCosta at the helm. No release date has been announced.
As for who Comer, Taylor-Johnson and Fiennes will star in the first film, their roles are still a mystery.
The official synopsis for the films reads: “Nearly three decades have passed since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons 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, well-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but also the other survivors.”
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In May, Comer, 31, said the story for the long-awaited sequel was “emotional.”
“I remember seeing 28 days later and I was so amazed at how it was so rooted in reality, and it was more about exploring us as a species and our behavior and how we react,” Killing Eve said the star Total movie.
“There seemed to be a lot of emotional truth in the film that really rooted it. That’s what I felt when I read this script,” she added.
28 years later it’s in theaters June 20.
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