{"id":178878,"date":"2025-12-11T03:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/178878\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:17:07","slug":"28-years-later-3-going-forward-cillian-murphy-in-talks-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/178878\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;28 Years Later 3&#8242; Going Forward; Cillian Murphy in Talks to Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA third \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/28-years-later\/\" id=\"auto-tag_28-years-later\" data-tag=\"28-years-later\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">28 Years Later<\/a>\u201d movie is moving forward at Sony. Sony Pictures has decided to proceed with the film following positive fan reactions to early screenings of the trilogy\u2019s second installment, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/28-years-later-the-bone-temple\/\" id=\"auto-tag_28-years-later-the-bone-temple\" data-tag=\"28-years-later-the-bone-temple\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/a>,\u201d according to sources familiar with the development. Series screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/alex-garland\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alex-garland\" data-tag=\"alex-garland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Garland<\/a> is writing the script for the film and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cillian-murphy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cillian-murphy\" data-tag=\"cillian-murphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cillian Murphy<\/a> is in talks to reprise his role as protagonist Jim from \u201c28 Days Later\u201d and \u201cThe Bone Temple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe zombie horror franchise began in 2001 with Fox Searchlight\u2019s release of \u201c28 Days Later,\u201d directed by Danny Boyle. The influential and intense film grossed over $72 million at the worldwide box office on a reported $8 million budget. Fox Atomic\u2014 a short-lived Fox subsidiary\u2014 released an initial sequel, \u201c28 Weeks Later\u201d in 2007. The sequel had an entirely new cast and neither Boyle nor Garland were involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this summer, \u201c28 Years Later\u201d returned to form with Garland and Boyle returning to write and direct the film. The duo envisioned \u201c28 Years\u201d as a trilogy, Sony made the first two films, \u201c28 Years Later\u201d and \u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple\u201d back to back before greenlighting the third. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c28 Years Later\u201d performed well at the box office, opening to $30 million on June 20 and cumulatively grossing $151 million worldwide. \u201cThe Bone Temple\u201d is directed by Nia DaCosta and releases in theaters on Jan. 16, but early screenings have evidently given Sony the confidence to complete the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O\u2019Connell and Ralph Fiennes all starred in the first \u201c28 Years Later.\u201d All but Comer will return in \u201cThe Bone Temple,\u201d alongside franchise newcomers Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry and Murphy, reprising his role from \u201c28 Days Later\u201d for the first time since the initial film\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough Murphy is in talks to come back again in the the third installment, no official announcement has been made regarding the cast. Boyle has expressed interest in directing the third installment in previous statements, but there has been no confirmation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe news was first reported by Deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A third \u201c28 Years Later\u201d movie is moving forward at Sony. 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