The 28 Days Later franchise was dormant for years before director Danny Boyle and Alex Garland saw fit to revive it — and the duo seemed eager to make up for lost time. 28 Years Later and its sequel, The Bone Temple, premiered within a year of each other, the first two films in a planned sequel trilogy. Can we expect the third film in this zombie saga to keep to that schedule?
In a perfect world, 28 Years Later Part 3 would hit theaters sometime in 2027, but there’s been no definitive word on where it is in production — or what it will eventually be titled. One would think, after the long-awaited return of Cillian Murphy’s Jim in The Bone Temple, Sony would be fast-tracking the final planned film. Part 3 seems to be in some kind of limbo, perhaps because The Bone Temple made significantly less than 28 Years Later did in its box office run. Is Sony worried about taking a risk with yet another sequel? There’s no telling what the powers that be might be thinking — but Boyle is confident that this trilogy will get its final chapter sooner than later.
