You’ll have to wait about 28 weeks for 28 years for the sequel

You won’t have to wait 28 years for a sequel After 28 years. In fact, you will only wait about 28 weeks. Sony has just announced a sequel to Danny Boyle sequel 2025 Zombies It will be released on January 16, 2026. It’s called 28 years later: Temple of Bones and, As we knew previouslyIt is directed by Nia DaCosta.

That’s a lot of numbers and dates, so let’s reset it here. In 2002, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland made a zombie film titled After 28 days. The film was a huge hit, and in 2007, we got a sequel titled After 28 weeks. That was fine but the franchise went quiet for a while until Garland, who himself had become a famous director, I came up with a new idea. that movie, After 28 yearsIt is scheduled for release on June 20, 2025, and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes. The trailer has just been released It was very successful, Sony discovered the original version for the digital release.

After 28 years It was created to be The first film in the Zombie Trilogy Despite this, Sony quickly hired Nia DaCosta (Candy Man, Marvels) To make its sequel. It will be the first film that doesn’t change the length, just add a subtitle: “Temple of Bones,” whatever that means. Any details about the third part are still vague at this point.

After waiting years and years to get these parts, having the two films released 30 weeks apart (basically six and a half months) is rather exciting. This kind of thing doesn’t happen very often these days (or, even if it was the plan, it’s usually cancelled) so we’ll see how it goes.

No word on a plot Temple of Bones Because, frankly, we don’t quite know the plot After 28 years yet. But rumor has it that original star Cillian Murphy, the Academy Award winner who produces these films, will not appear in any way until this second film in the series.

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