The newly released poster for 28 Years Later is drumming up excitement for Danny Boyle’s zombie reboot, but the poster’s imagery is already setting up its own upcoming sequel. The long-awaited sequel to 28 Weeks Later, 28 Years Later will be the first installment of a planned trilogy. It’s set to be released in theaters on June 20, 2025, and it’s based on a script by Boyle and original writer Alex Garland. This past weekend, Sony revealed an unsettling poster for 28 Years Later, along with a cryptic teaser trailer.
Although it only lasts for a few seconds, the 28 Years Later teaser includes a few tantalizing clues about the highly anticipated sequel. The teaser suggests an isolated setting for the sequel and its soundtrack includes Morse code for the word “Tuesday,” suggesting that’s when a full trailer will be released. The poster bears the disturbing tagline, “Time didn’t heal anything,” insinuating that all these years later, the zombie apocalypse rages on. While the marketing campaign is focused on setting up 28 Years Later, the poster also has a tease for the next movie.
28 Years Later's Poster Contains A Reference To The Next Movie's Reported Title
The Infection Symbol Is Made Of Skulls
Although it remains to be seen how 28 Years Later will perform at the box office next summer, Sony is already committed to a sequel. Cillian Murphy is confirmed to reprise his role as Jim from the original 28 Days Later in the sequel, which is being directed by The Marvels’ Nia DaCosta. This will mark DaCosta’s return to the horror genre after the 2021 Candyman reboot. While there’s no confirmed release date for the sequel, there is a teaser for it in the 28 Years Later poster.
The imagery of bones scattered across the poster for 28 Years Later could be planting seeds for the introduction of the sequel’s titular “Bone Temple.”
Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that the infection symbol featured on the 28 Years Later poster is made of skulls. This could be a reference to the upcoming sequel. The next movie after 28 Years Later — the second chapter in a planned trilogy — is reportedly called 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple. The imagery of bones scattered across the poster for 28 Years Later could be planting seeds for the introduction of the sequel’s titular “Bone Temple.”
What "The Bone Temple" Could Mean For 28 Years Later's Next Movie
28 Years Later Part II Could Be An Adventure Movie
Plot details for 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple are being kept under wraps, but it’s certainly an intriguing title. The Bone Temple sounds less like a horror movie and more like an action-adventure movie in the Indiana Jones franchise. It hints that the sequel could leave behind the urban British setting for a more exotic locale. Whatever the sequel has in store, 28 Years Later is one of 2025’s most anticipated blockbusters.
28 Years Later is the tentative title for the third film in the "28 Days Later" franchise, initially conceived by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. Originally expected to be titled "28 Months Later," the film still hasn't been officially confirmed, but preliminary work on a script has reportedly been underway.
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