Teletubbies make a surprise return to TV in 28 Years Later trailer as fans praise Danny Boyle for including 'iconic yet creepy' classic UK show

The Teletubbies made a surprise return to TV in the 28 Years Later trailer, which was released on Tuesday. 

Fans of Danny Boyle's latest post-apocalyptic horror film praised the director for including snippets of the 'iconic yet creepy' classic UK children's show. 

The third instalment in the series is set to hit cinemas in June 2025 and stars Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell.

Giving fans a glimpse of what's to come in the horror sequel, a group of children are seen sat watching the Teletubbies before things take a turn for the worst. 

A final clip shows blood splattered across the TV with fans hailing the trailer 'promising' and 'peak British.'

They shared to X: 'Finally a team who understands how creepy Teletubbies is'; 'Can’t get the blood splattered Teletubbies out my head. What a trailer!'; 'The trailer for #28YearsLater opening up with the hecking Teletubbies is peak British I am HYPED for this movie!'

Fans added: 'THAT WAS SUCH AN ICONIC TRAILER THO the beginning with the Teletubbies making it all cute and funny but then the progressive horror with the repetitive sound????? CHEF KISS, AMAZING, 10/10, THEY DON'T MAKE TRAILERS LIKE THIS ANYMORE #28YearsLater seems promising!!!'; 

'The shot of blood splattering the TV playing Teletubbies was provocative'; 'The 28 Years Later trailer has way more Teletubbies and creepy poetry than I was expecting'; 'The scariest part of this trailer was seeing the Teletubbies once again!';

'If there’s a scene in this where zombies swarm the Teletubbies, it should immediately win Best Picture. i would hope Po survives but Dipsy and La-La are easily expendable.'

The original film 28 Days Later starred Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who wakes up from a coma to discover the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. 

Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appeared in supporting roles. 

The film 28 Years Later is the sequel to 2002's 28 Days Later and 2007's 28 Weeks Later. 

A sequel has already been ordered - 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple - and will be directed by The Marvels' Nia DaCosta. 

Last month, fans were stunned to discover that the 2025 blockbuster was filmed on an iPhone - the biggest movie to ever do so.

While most films use cameras from German manufacturers ARRI Group, director Danny Boyle decided the first '28' film in 18 years needed something different. 

28 Years Later concluded filming this summer - and principal photography took place with a bunch of adapted iPhone 15s, WIRED reported.

With a budget of $75million, 28 Years Later is the biggest film to be created with an iPhone and follows in the footsteps of a new Apple TV show.

28 Days Later was a genre-defining film as it was the first to portray zombies as lightning fast rather than slow and sluggish.

The films take place 28 days, weeks, and years after the outbreak of a deadly virus in London, which infects everyone and turns them into bloodthirsty killers.

Anthony Dod Mantle will serve as 28 Years Later's cinematographer - he and Danny won Oscars together in 2009 for their work on Slumdog Millionaire. 

Anthony was also cinematographer on 28 Days Later, as well as Danny's other films 127 Hours (2010), Trance (2013), and T2 Trainspotting (2017).

Principal filming for 28 Years Later wrapped at the end of August, and until now the production has kept under wraps the fact that the movie was shot with smartphones, with the film’s staff being asked to signed NDAs preventing the disclosure of this detail.