Nia Dacosta added “more infected” to the script of '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 'by Alex Garland

Last June, it premiered in Cinemas 28 Years Laterthe start of a trilogy launched by Sony Pictures, which expands the universe of 28 Days Later y 28 Weeks Later.

This first installment had the return of Danny Boyle y Alex Garlanddirector and screenwriter of the original, respectively, taking up his work.

And while Garland remains the screenwriter of the three films, the second installment is not directed by Boyle, but by Nia dacosta (Candyman, The Marvels).

In fact, The sequel, official title, 28 Years Later: The Bone Templehe already filmed under the direction of Dacosta; The filming of 28 Years Later y 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple They were produced consecutively.

This next installment You have her premiere date in cinemas for January 16, 2026seven months after the launch of its predecessor, so postproduction is at its peak right now.

During his recent participation in the Edinburgh Film Festival, Dacosta spoke about his wonderful experience rolling 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and compares it with The Marvels y Candyman (via THR):

“One of the problems I had with” Candyman “and” Marvels “was the lack of a really solid script, which will always wreak havoc throughout the process.”

“It was interesting [lo sucedido con The Marvels] Because there was a time when I thought: “Okay, this is not going to be the movie I presented even the first version of the movie I filmed.”

In all this time, the filmmaker has been constant by saying that the version of The Marvels That the public saw was not the film that she proposed or filmed.

After that experience, Dacosta focused on other projects, such as Heddawhich is prepared for its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) in September, and where it again collaborates with Tessa Thompson as the protagonist, and also continued with the aforementioned 28 Years Later: The Bone Templeright now in its postproduction stage preparing for its cinemas in January 2026.

The first proof projections of The Bone Temple They have been very good, and Dacosta considers her one of her best cinematographic experiences:

“Making the sequel of 28 years later was one of the best cinematographic experiences I have had […] Alex Garland gives you a script and you think: 'This is incredible.' You really don't have to change it, Although I did it; Basically I asked for more infected. [Risas]. That was, in reality, my great contribution. ”

Dacosta explains the production process, and the collaboration with Boyle:

“I inherited an incredible cast, and then they gave me freedom to choose the distribution of the rest of the film. I inherited a couple of locations. They gave me freedom to develop others. Some overlapped, like Samson's character; Danny and I collaborated a little in aesthetics, but in the end, Danny Filma very differently from mine”.

Dacosta ends by adding that it was none other than the director of the acclaimed The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazerwho convinced her to make the sequel.

The new sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Templesigue a Spike (Alfie Williams) After leaving the security of his home on the island and returning to the continent, where he interacts with the infected, as well as with a group of strangers led by an enigmatic cult figure called Jimmy, marking the return of the star of the original, the winner of the Oscar, Cillian Murphy.

The Bone Temple (the temple of the bone) is a place that we could observe both in the marketing 28 Years Lateras in the film itself, serving as a place of utmost importance for the plot.