The Bone Temple, the sequel to Danny Boyle‘s and Alex Garland’s anticipated 2025 zombie flick 28 Years Later has received its release date.
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28 Years Later, which is due for release in June 2025 will mark the long-awaited return of the beloved franchise, and will see the return of Cillian Murphy alongside new leads Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. Murphy will produce, while Boyle and Garland – who helmed the acclaimed 2002 original – return to direct and write.
The 2025 film will kick off a planned trilogy for the series, which will see Garland write for all, but Boyle only directing the first. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is being directed by Nia DaCosta, and has been revealed to be hitting cinemas just months after 28 Years Later.
’28 Days Later’. CREDIT: Getty/Sundance
Per a Variety report, The Bone Temple is due to release on January 16, 2026 in the United States. The sequel has yet to receive a UK release date, but it is expected to release within the same window. For context, 28 Years Later will release in the US and UK on the same day next year: June 20, 2025.
A title and planned release date for the third film in the 28 Years Later trilogy have yet to be announced.
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28 Years Later is the third movie in the main series following the 2002 movie and its 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later. The first trailer for 28 Years Later released earlier this month and quickly became the most-watched horror trailer of 2024 and the second most-watched of all time.
Comer, Taylor-Johnson and Fiennes all appear in the trailer, but Murphy is not included, despite many on social media guessing that he played a zombie-like character present in the clip. Per The Guardian, the character is played by model and art dealer Angus Neill instead.
Murphy is also serving as executive producer on the movie, two years after he spoke to NME about a potential return to the franchise. He said at the time: “I think there’s a problem with that, in that I’m 20 years older… but every time I do bump into Danny or Alex [Garland, screenwriter] I always mention it. Because I showed it to my kids recently, some Halloween about four or five years ago, and they loved it. It really stands up, which is amazing for a film that’s 20 years old. So yeah, I love the idea and it’s very appealing to me.”
Per the movie’s official synopsis, “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected.
“One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-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 other survivors as well.”
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