This publish accommodates minor spoilers for “28 Years Later.”
After practically twenty years, director Danny Boyle and author Alex Garland in the end reunited for the long-awaited “28 Years Later.” Meaning an important many horror followers have lastly been granted their want of seeing a sequel to “28 Days Later” and “28 Weeks Later,” with much more on the way in which. Certainly, “28 Years Later” is however the first entry in a deliberate new trilogy that can finally carry Cillian Murphy’s Jim again from “28 Days Later,” with the second film having already been filmed. So, what’s Jim like practically three many years later? It appears we’ll have to attend some time to get that reply.
In an interview with Display screen Rant, Boyle was requested about Murphy and when we’ll see Jim seem, as he doesn’t play a correct position in “28 Years Later.” Final 12 months, Sony’s Tom Rothman confirmed that Murphy could be again “however in a stunning manner and in a manner that grows.” What he did not make clear, nevertheless, is that we’re not going to see him till the top of the very second film, which is being directed by Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”) and titled “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.” Here is what Boyle needed to say in regards to the matter:
“I’ve seen a tough minimize of Nia DaCosta’s movie, ‘The Bone Temple,’ and he’s launched superbly on the finish of that movie. And that clearly leads you, in the way in which that you will most likely understand that Jimmy goes to be an enormous a part of the second film, having been launched within the coda of the primary film. Likewise, Cillian can be an enormous a part of the third film.”
In different phrases, it appears Jim will not be displaying up totally till the top of “The Bone Temple,” which is slated to succeed in theaters in January 2026. As of this writing, although, there isn’t any assure that we’ll see that third film Boyle is speaking about.
Saving Jim for the third 28 Years Later film is a large gamble
Whereas Sony has dedicated a number of sources to Boyle and Garland for this new trilogy, it did not affirm funding for a 3rd installment proper up entrance. All of it is determined by how these first two motion pictures do. So, if “The Bone Temple” is not a big sufficient hit, we would not see a lot of Jim and it seems like we’ll be left with one thing of a cliffhanger. As Boyle famous, “28 Years Later” incorporates a fairly weird ending that re-introduces us to Jimmy, whom we see within the very starting of the movie. It seems like Jim’s return will equally be a punctuation mark on the second installment.
It is also value recalling that Murphy’s Jim did not seem in “28 Weeks Later.” In actual fact, as of proper now, it is not solely clear how he will issue into the remainder of the story based mostly on what occurs in “28 Years Later.” Clearly, nevertheless, Boyle and Garland have that mapped out. It is only a matter of whether or not or not Sony will grant them the financing they should make a 3rd “28 Years Later” film.
The excellent news is that “28 Years Later” has been met with very strong opinions from critics. Extra importantly, because it pertains to the third film getting the inexperienced mild, it additionally had a really sturdy debut on the field workplace. If that continues, then there’s a excessive chance of that third movie getting made. Here is hoping it does — as a result of having Murphy’s long-awaited return as Jim dangled in entrance of us for 2 complete motion pictures with out ever getting his precise story could be fairly irritating.
“28 Years Later” is in theaters now.
