Cillian Murphy has been confirmed to return for 28 Years Later by Sony Movement Footage Group chairman Tom Rothman.
Chatting with Deadline, the film govt stated Murphy could be again for the primary movie within the zombie franchise’s new trilogy and vaguely teased the actor could be concerned “in a stunning approach and in a approach that grows.”
Rothman additionally praised the movie as director Danny Boyle “at his finest, mixed with a really industrial style, like we had with Edgar Wright and Child Driver.”
Additional addressing 28 Years Later, Rothman emphasised the film is “not in any approach a literal sequel.”
Earlier this yr, Murphy was equally opaque about his potential function in 28 Years Later throughout an look on the Joyful Unhappy Confused podcast, merely saying, “Watch this area.”
Murphy starred in 2002’s 28 Days Later as a bicycle courier named Jim, who wakes up from a coma to seek out the streets of London empty after the unintentional launch of a extremely contagious virus that turned individuals into zombies. A sequel titled 28 Weeks Later was launched in 2007 with neither unique director Boyle nor screenwriter Alex Garland concerned.
Now, Boyle and Garland have reunited to launch the brand new trilogy. Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Jodie Comer are set to star in 28 Years Later, with Murphy additionally serving as govt producer. It reportedly can be shot back-to-back with the subsequent installment (directed by Candyman’s Nia DaCosta) and is about to open in theaters on June twentieth, 2025.
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