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28 Years Later Sequel Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max with 20-Device Rig

The film mirrors its post-apocalyptic setting by using everyday smartphones to capture visceral horror moments

That's quite an iPhone camera rig tracking that infected dude.
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Overview

  • Principal photography employed iPhone 15 Pro Max devices with technical assistance from Apple to achieve a digital aesthetic
  • Three custom rigs holding eight, ten and twenty iPhones enabled 180-degree multi-camera effects akin to a “poor man’s bullet time”
  • Director Danny Boyle reunited with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle and maintained a 2.76:1 widescreen aspect ratio for an immersive visual style
  • The smartphone approach pays homage to the original’s lo-fi camcorder look while intensifying the impact of graphic sequences
  • Sony Pictures will release the film on June 20, 2025, as the first installment of a new trilogy scripted by Alex Garland with Cillian Murphy expected to return