’28 Years Later 3′ Going Forward; Cillian Murphy in Talks to Return

A 3rd “28 Years Later” film is shifting ahead at Sony. Sony Pictures has determined to proceed with the movie following optimistic fan reactions to early screenings of the trilogy’s second installment, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” according to sources accustomed to the development. Series screenwriter Alex Garland is writing the script for the movie and Cillian Murphy is in talks to reprise his position as protagonist Jim from “28 Days Later” and “The Bone Temple.”

The zombie horror franchise started in 2001 with Fox Searchlight’s release of “28 Days Later,” directed by Danny Boyle. The influential and intense movie grossed over $72 million at the worldwide box workplace on a reported $8 million price range. Fox Atomic— a short-lived Fox subsidiary— launched an preliminary sequel, “28 Weeks Later” in 2007. The sequel had a completely new solid and neither Boyle nor Garland have been concerned.

Earlier this summer time, “28 Years Later” returned to kind with Garland and Boyle returning to write and direct the movie. The duo envisioned “28 Years” as a trilogy, Sony made the first two movies, “28 Years Later” and “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” again to again before greenlighting the third.

“28 Years Later” carried out effectively at the box workplace, opening to $30 million on June 20 and cumulatively grossing $151 million worldwide. “The Bone Temple” is directed by Nia DaCosta and releases in theaters on Jan. 16, however early screenings have evidently given Sony the confidence to full the trilogy.

Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O’Connell and Ralph Fiennes all starred in the first “28 Years Later.” All however Comer will return in “The Bone Temple,” alongside franchise newcomers Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry and Murphy, reprising his position from “28 Days Later” for the first time since the preliminary movie’s release.

Though Murphy is in talks to come again again in the the third installment, no official announcement has been made relating to the solid. Boyle has expressed curiosity in directing the third installment in earlier statements, however there was no affirmation.

The news was first reported by Deadline.