{"id":419123,"date":"2026-01-17T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419123\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:59:12","slug":"newcastle-teen-returns-to-role-in-28-years-later-the-bone-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419123\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle teen returns to role in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy WatsonNorth East and Cumbria<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768393629_683_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/95394460-f202-11f0-9ccc-35aa660778a6.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Sony Pictures Alfie Williams is dressed as his character Spike from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. He looks directly into camera, and appears to be injured with blood on his face. \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Alfie Williams, 15, plays the role of Spike in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A teenager who stars in 28 Days Later: The Bone Temple says he wants &#8220;it all&#8221; in his acting career. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Alfie Williams, from Newcastle, reprises his role as Spike in the horror franchise helmed by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, alongside Bafta Award winners Ralph Fiennes and Jack O&#8217;Connell. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The majority of the filming for the sequel to 28 Years Later, which was released in June 2025, took place across Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Williams, 15, described working on it as &#8220;the best apprenticeship&#8221; into film making. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved every minute, you work alongside so many talented people that become your friends, I&#8217;m very lucky as I&#8217;ve been able to learn so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768393629_683_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dcb04000-f202-11f0-9ccc-35aa660778a6.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sony Pictures Starlings fly over the set of The Bone Temple, which seems to be a structure made of what appear to be sticks of different heights on grassy land.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>The film was shot across locations across the North East and Cumbria<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Bone Temple is the fourth instalment in the series, which dates back to 2002 with the first 28 Days Later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Directed by American filmmaker Nia Dacosta, filming locations for The Bone Temple included Chopwell Wood in Gateshead and Plankey Mill in Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Shooting also took place in Ennerdale, Cumbria, where Cillian Murphy was spotted by eagle-eyed filming scenes ahead of his return to the franchise. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768393629_683_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/877dd600-f203-11f0-9ccc-35aa660778a6.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sony Pictures Jack O'Connell, dressed as his character Sir Jimmy Crystal, speaks with Ralph Fiennes' character Dr Kelson in a scene in the new film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. O'Connell is wearing a dirty tracksuit and chains around his neck, and has a blonde mullet. Bald Fiennes is wearing a raggedy vest, shorts and boots.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Bafta winners Jack O&#8217;Connell and Ralph Fiennes take leading roles in the zombie franchise <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Film agency North East Screen helped with the filming of both 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It said in the last three years, film production in the North East had jumped up 131%, making it one of the fastest growing film hubs in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Gayle Woodruffe, operations director at North East Screen, said the shoots had helped put the region &#8220;on the map as a place to come and film&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s raised our ambitions and it&#8217;s certainly raised the number of inquiries we&#8217;ve been getting regarding filming as people will have seen that 28 Years Later was shot here,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Bone Temple was released in cinemas on Wednesday with Williams calling it the &#8220;scariest&#8221; one yet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Looking forward, he said: &#8220;This is a career I want to continue, why wouldn&#8217;t I? <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;You know I want to be at award ceremonies, I want an Oscar, a BAFTA, I want it all!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy WatsonNorth East and Cumbria Sony Pictures Alfie Williams, 15, plays the role of Spike in 28 Years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-419123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}