Sony Greenlights Third 28 Years Later Movie With Original Franchise Lead Cillian Murphy in Talks to Return

Big quality for zombieheads: Sony is moving guardant with a 3rd installment of the 28 Years Later films, with the determination coming implicit a period earlier the merchandise of the 2nd installment, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

According to Deadline, archetypal franchise prima Cillian Murphy — who led breakout deed 28 Days Later backmost successful 2002 and reprises that relation successful Bone Temple — is successful talks to travel backmost for the 3rd movie arsenic well. Alex Garland, who has written each the franchise entries frankincense far, is presently moving connected the 3rd entry, which does not person a rubric astatine this constituent successful the process.

As acold arsenic a manager goes for the adjacent film, thing is acceptable successful chromatic yet. However, Danny Boyle has been unfastened astir wanting to nonstop the 3rd movie, truthful there’s a bully accidental helium will. That said, we’ll spot erstwhile that announcement arrives.

Sony has had the enactment to marque a 3rd 28 Years Later movie since it won the rights to the franchise, but waited until present to greenlight it. It appears it wanted to gauge the assemblage effect earlier proceeding — but by the looks of the caller instrumentality screenings of The Bone Temple, which garnered a immense affirmative response, it felt assured taking the plunge.

28 Years Later managed to bring successful implicit $150 cardinal worldwide successful theaters against a humble accumulation budget, which makes it the highest grossing introduction successful the franchise arsenic a whole. The archetypal 3 films — 28 Days Later, 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, and this summer’s 28 Years Later — of the franchise person made implicit $300 cardinal worldwide combined.

The adjacent installment, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, is acceptable to get successful theaters connected January 16, 2026.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.