The virus evolves in the trailer for '28 Years Later'

Sony Pictures premiered this morning the first trailer of 28 Years Laterthe anticipated sequel to 28 Days Later y 28 Weeks Laterwith the return of Danny Boyle as director.

Boyle directs the script Alex Garlandscreenwriter of the original, with a cast made up of 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).

This is the first installment of a new trilogy launched by Sony, Boyle and Garland in January 2024. Some media claim that the second installment of this trilogy has already been filmed. Boyle directs 28 Years Laterwhile Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) is the director of the second. Garland writes the screenplay for all three films.

In addition to the return of Boyle and Garland, Cillian Murphy returns reprising 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 an executive producer.

And in the trailer we get a small taste of that surprising return of Murphy in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment. Let us know if you were able to see the actor's appearance in the preview.

The trailer, available at the end of this note, warns us about the virus: “In 28 Days it started. In 28 Weeks it was extended. In 28 Years it evolved.”

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:

“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.

Filming concluded principal photography in August 2024, having been filmed primarily on Holy Island, an island off the coast of northeast England. Boyle used a iPhone 15 Pro Max model for filming.

The sequel has a budget of $75 million, making it the largest film project to be shot using a Smartphone.

Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later) is the director of photography.

Boyle and Garland produce the feature alongside the original's producer Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, and Bernie Bellew, with Murphy serving as executive producer.

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.

Sony Pictures set the theatrical release of 28 Years Later for him June 20, 2025.

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