Overview

• 28 Years Later premieres on June 20, 2025, with Danny Boyle directing, Alex Garland co-writing, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes leading the cast.
• Cillian Murphy will not feature in the first installment but is confirmed to join Nia DaCosta’s sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, on January 16, 2026.
• The first two films were shot back-to-back for narrative continuity, with Alfie Williams’s character Spike woven through both stories.
• Murphy also serves as an executive producer on 28 Years Later, underscoring his ongoing involvement in the franchise revival.
• Financing for the trilogy’s third film remains unapproved and hinges on the box office success of the first two entries.