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Gem Seddon

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is my most-anticipated movie of 2026 – here are my 5 biggest hopes for the sequel

Doctor Ian Kelson standing upright in a place surrounded by bone columns in 28 Years Later.

One of the year's most anticipated horrors hit theaters earlier this summer and did not disappoint. Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later revived the world of 28 Days Later, tossing audiences back into the world of a 'Rage Virus' infected Britain through the stories of a fresh batch of survivors (make sure to read our 28 Years Later review for more).

Boyle’s legacy sequel updates the lore, thanks to its script by returning scribe Alex Garland, and freshens the style of the 2003 original both stylistically and thematically. The sequel, subtitled The Bone Temple, is slated to arrive January 2026 also scripted by Garland with Candyman’s Nia DaCosta in the director’s chair.

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