28 Years LaterTrailer Teases Zombified Cillian Murphy as Post-Apocalyptic Film Asks 'What Will Humanity Become?'

Mar. 15, 2025

The first teaser trailer is out for28 Years Later, the third installment in Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland’s28 Days Laterfranchise. And it might just show the outcome ofCillian Murphy’s character Jim.

Asking the question “What will humanity become?,” the post-apocalyptic horror film picks up nearly three decades after the onslaught of a rage-inducing virus that led to the breakdown of society following its escape from a biological weapons laboratory.

Audiences first saw the chaos in 2002’s28 Days Later, which starred Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma amid the outbreak. Juan Carlos Fersnadillo’s 2007 sequel28 Weeks Latercaptured the efforts of NATO military forces as they attempted to salvage a safe zone in London from the virus.

Murphy’s Jim was missing from the sequel but he reportedly appears in28 Years Laterdespite his name not being included on the official cast release.The Oscar winner is even serving as an executive producer on the film.

But viewers won’t see Murphy in the trailer — except, perhaps, in a quick shot of a zombie that bares a striking resemblance to the Irish star.

‘28 Years Later’.Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Could that be Jim? Fans will have to wait until the film’s June 2025 release to see for sure, though online chatter seems to be abuzz with speculation.

Franchise newcomersJodie Comer,Aaron Taylor-JohnsonandRalph Fiennesstar in28 Years Later, the trio fighting their way through the fright to ensure their future. The trailer opens on the outbreak as it “began 10,228 days ago,” and shows, subsequently, that no matter how much time has passed, the threat of the rage virus remains.

In fact, the tagline for28 Years Laterwarns: “Time didn’t heal anything.”

28 Years Lateris the first part in a new trilogy of films in the franchise.28 Years Later II: The Bone Temple, a direct sequel, has already been shot, with director Nia DaCosta at the helm. No release date has been announced.

As for who Comer, Taylor-Johnson and Fiennes will be playing in the first film, their roles still remain a mystery.

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In May, Comer, 31, said the storyline for the long-awaited sequel is “emotional.”

“I remember seeing28 Days Laterand I was so struck with how it was so rooted in reality, and it was more about the exploration of us as a species and our behavior and how we react,” theKilling EvestartoldTotal Film.

“It felt like there was a lot of emotional truth within the film that really anchored it. That’s also what I felt when I read this script,” she added.

28 Years Lateris in theaters June 20.

source: people.com