Danny Boyle Confirms Cillian Murphy Will Appear in ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’

It was previously confirmed that 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy would not be appearing in upcoming sequel 28 Years Later. Director Danny Boyle has confirmed that the actor will officially appear in the planned trilogy’s second installment.

28 Years Later brings the rage virus back to theaters on June 20, 2025. Its follow-up, Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, is slated to release in theaters on  January 16, 2026.

The third installment of the planned trilogy has yet to secure financing, which is where Cillian Murphy factors in.

“She gets a bit of Cillian at the end,” Boyle told Business Insider when speaking about DaCosta’s sequel. “All I can say is you have to wait for Cillian, but hopefully he will help us get the third film financed.”

Cillian Murphy played protagonist Jim in 28 Days Later back in 2002, a bicycle courier who ends up being one of the few survivors of the apocalyptic events of the hit infection movie. Boyle’s comments on the actor’s appearance in The Bone Temple suggest that Jim will play a much bigger role in the third installment if greenlit.

In 28 Years Later, “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst 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 into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.”

The horror sequel’s cast includes Jack O’Connell (Amy Winehouse: Back To Black), Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), ​Alfie Williams (“His Dark Materials”) and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).

Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Annihilation) returned alongside Boyle to write the script.

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