You’ll Have to Wait About 28 Weeks for 28 Years Later’s Sequel

You won’t have to wait 28 years for the sequel to 28 Years Later. In fact, you’ll basically only be waiting about 28 weeks. Sony just announced that the sequel to Danny Boyle’s 2025 zombie sequel will be released on January 16, 2026. It’s called 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and, as we previously knew, it’s directed by Nia DaCosta.

That’s a lot of numbers and dates so let’s reset here. In 2002, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland made a zombie film called 28 Days Later. The film was a hit and, in 2007, we got a sequel called 28 Weeks Later. That did fine but the franchise went quiet for a bit until Garland, who himself became a celebrated director, came up with a new idea. That film, 28 Years Later, is scheduled for release June 20, 2025 and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes. The trailer was just released and was so successful, Sony unearthed the original for digital release. 

28 Years Later was created to be the first film in a zombie trilogy though so Sony quickly hired Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) to make its sequel. It’ll be the first film that doesn’t change the length of time, just adding a subtitle: “The Bone Temple,” whatever that means. Any details about part three are still a mystery at this point.

After waiting years upon years for these sequels though, having the two films come out 30 weeks apart (six and a half months, basically) is rather exciting. That kind of thing doesn’t happen too often these days (or, even if it’s the plan, it’s usually canceled) so we’ll see how it goes.

No word on the plot of The Bone Temple because, frankly, we don’t quite know the plot of 28 Years Later yet. But rumor has it original star Cillian Murphy, an Oscar winner who is producing these films, won’t show up in any major way until this second film in the series.

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