{"id":616556,"date":"2026-06-02T06:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/616556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:17:17","slug":"danny-boyle-explains-real-reason-why-28-years-later-3-with-cillian-murphy-has-been-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/616556\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Boyle explains real reason why 28 Years Later 3 with Cillian Murphy has been delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danny Boyle has explained why the proposed third entry<\/a> in the 28 Years Later series has been delayed. Though the filmmaker doesn’t have a concrete start date for production, he assured fans<\/a> that they intended to complete the trilogy.<\/p>\n

The post-apocalyptic horror franchise returned last year with 28 Years Later, which Boyle directed. He handed the reins over to Nia DaCosta for sequel The Bone Temple, which was released in January.<\/p>\n

The short turnaround was due to the fact that both films<\/a> were shot back-to-back, with 28 Years Later being a commercial success as it grossed over $150 million worldwide. The Bone Temple, though acclaimed by critics, didn’t perform as well at the box office.<\/p>\n

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The proposed third film<\/a>, which sees Boyle return to the director’s chair, wasn’t shot alongside the previous two instalments, and the filmmaker explained why this wasn’t the case in an interview with JoBlo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We ran out of time, because it\u2019s set in an area of Britain [where] you can only film at certain times of the year,” he said. “So it’ll be, hopefully, fingers crossed, next year. But there’s enthusiasm there, and Alex [Garland] has done a wonderful script for it.”<\/p>\n

Boyle has teased where the narrative could go in the next instalment<\/a>, with the director recalling that DaCosta had told him the third film should be about “redemption” as opposed to the themes of “family” and the “nature of evil” from the previous two entries.<\/p>\n

“That’s our ambition. It is ambitious, and it’s going to be set in England. There aren’t going to be American soldiers arriving to save it, because we know you’re not sending American soldiers anywhere anymore,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Related: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is an excellent sequel that lives up to the first movie<\/a><\/p>\n

The third film, should it go ahead, is set to include Cillian Murphy once again, as the actor made a brief cameo as Jim<\/a> at the end of The Bone Temple. Along with his daughter Sam, they spotted Spike and Kellie escaping from a group of infected. <\/p>\n

It is unclear if Naomie Harris, who starred opposite Murphy in 28 Days Later, will be reprising her role of Selena. Speaking to Empire Magazine<\/a> in June 2025, Boyle said: “At the moment it’s just Cillian [returning].”<\/p>\n

28 Years Later is streaming on Sky Cinema and NOW.<\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies<\/a> and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. \u00a0His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible<\/a> and John Wick<\/a> to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
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