'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' is titled the 2nd installment of the '28 Years Later' trilogy

Sony Pictures has a trilogy underway that will expand the universe of 28 Days Later y 28 Weeks Later.

The first of them, 28 Years Laterfeatures the return of Danny Boyle y Alex Garlanddirector and screenwriter of the original, respectively, resuming their work. This film started its marketing campaign in recent days, ahead of its theatrical release on June 20, 2025.

The most recent news reveals the official title and release date of the second installment of the trilogy. This has been named 28 Years Later: The Bone Templey will debut on the big screen on January 16, 2026six months after the launch of its predecessor.

Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) is the director of the sequel. Garland writes the screenplay for all three films.

We understand that DaCosta has already filmed the sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It is said that the filming of the first two installments of the trilogy was done consecutively.

The details of the plot are kept under lock and key for now, although curiously The Bone Temple is an image that we could see in the first official trailer of 28 Years Laterreleased the previous week. In case you missed it, we share the image below:

With 60.2 million global views in its first 24 hours, the trailer for 28 Years Later broke the record as the most viewed trailer of 2024 and the second most viewed trailer for a horror film of all time, only behind IT: Chapter Two (2019) and its 94 million views in its first 24 hours.

The main cast of 28 Years Later they make it up Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Bikeriders), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nosferatu, Kraven the Hunter), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu, Harry Potter), y Jack O’Connell (Back to Black, Unbroken), Alfie Williams (His Dark Materials).

In addition to the return of Boyle and Garland, Cillian Murphy He reprises his role as Jim, the protagonist of the original installment. It was previously said that Murphy returns from “a surprising and growing way.” The recent Oscar winner is also executive producer of the film.

In the original movie, 28 Days Later (2002), Jim awakens from a coma after a bicycle accident, and discovers that England is now a desolate, post-apocalyptic meltdown, thanks to a virus that turned its victims into raging killers.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS 28 YEARS LATER:

“It has been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a bioweapons laboratory and now, even in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist among 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 to the dark heart of the continent, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors that have mutated not only the infected, but other survivors as well.

In addition to becoming a commercial hit, the original 2002 film injected new life into the zombie subgenre, introducing a new form of undead, moving away from those slow walkers, now being ferocious and fast. He also analyzed the fragile nature of society in these pandemic scenarios, which would later be analyzed in other films such as Zombieland, World War Zand the series The Walking Deadamong others.