We now know more about the film trilogy 28 years later

Obviously we all know how much time has passed between them Worlds After 28 days and After 28 years. And if you don’t know, we’ll give you a second to think about it. Yes. She is 28 years old. And while this is relatively obvious, a new interview with the director and writer of the upcoming zombie film talked about how important the passage of time is Prepare everything for the future.

After 28 years It opens on June 20 and is the third film In a series originally created by writer Alex Garland (who went on to make it). civil War Ex Machina, And more) and director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire). After stepping aside for After 28 weeks, The duo reunites for the first film in a proposed trilogy that coincides with the zombie outbreak three decades after it began. “It was a completely different approach,” Boyle said. In a new interview with Empire. “It was about what those 28 years give you.”

What 28 years gives you is stability. in After 28 yearsThe world has come to terms with zombies. They have learned to live with them and make them part of their lives. The film shows this through the eyes of a small island isolated from the rest of the country. “It’s a very closed and tight community by necessity,” Boyle said. “There are obviously very strict defense laws to survive for so long in a virtually constant hostile environment. They have created a successful society, as they see it.”

The community, called Holy Island, is only accessible from the mainland via a small road that is only visible a few hours a day when the tide is low. Therefore, it is relatively safe. But the film goes further, as a father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his wife (Jodie Comer) follow their 12-year-old son (Alfie Williams) on a journey to show him the realities of the world. Things don’t go according to plan.

This story will then continue in a second film, 28 years later: Temple of BonesDirected by Nia DaCosta. It has already been filmed and its release date is set for January 16, 2026, which means the audience is in for a treat. You’ll just have to wait about 28 weeks to see What will happen next? After 28 years. As for the third film, Boyle will direct it, but only if audiences respond to the first film. “This is very ambitious narratively,” Garland told Empire. Danny and I understood that. We tried to condense it, but its natural form seemed like a triptych.

The star of the original film and executive producer of the trilogy, Cillian Murphy, will not appear in the first film. But that doesn’t mean it won’t appear at all. “He’s not in the first movie, but I hope there’s some Jim somewhere along the line,” producer Andrew MacDonald He told the Empire. The answer refers to long-standing rumors that he would appear in a DaCosta film.

Together, Boyle and Garland make a formidable team. no king To return to the franchise they helped create. That they want it, that they want to make it this big, gives us a lot of confidence that we’ll see something special in a few months. It all starts on June 20th.

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