Overview
- Danny Boyle told a Zurich Film Festival audience on Wednesday that Alex Garland has written "a very good" script and that the third film "will get made," and he said the movie will feature a lot more of Cillian Murphy.
- There is no confirmed production start date or universally corroborated studio greenlight, and a December 2025 report that Sony officially approved the film is disputed in coverage.
- The Bone Temple’s weak box office—about $58.5 million on a reported budget above $60 million—has created the central commercial hurdle for financing the trilogy’s conclusion after the first sequel grossed roughly $151 million.
- The project preserves the original creative core: Garland wrote the new trilogy and Boyle is expected to return to direct the final chapter, continuing narrative threads set up across the recent films.
- Next steps to watch are whether Sony or another financier formally greenlights production, how the makers address the second film’s shortfall when budgeting the finale, and how a larger role for Murphy will shape casting and scheduling plans.