Ralph Fiennes shared the plot of '28 Years Later.' Here's everything we know about the sequel.

• In "28 Days Later," Cillian Murphy's character, Jim, wakes up from a coma aft a zombie outbreak.
• Director Danny Boyle changeable nan sequel, "28 Years Later," connected an iPhone.
• Actor Ralph Fiennes said that nan communicative follows a young boy trying to prevention his mother.

"Oppenheimer" character Cillian Murphy has reunited pinch head Danny Boyle for nan long-awaited scary sequel "28 Years Later," 2 decades aft his breakout domiciled successful "28 Days Later."

In nan original film, Murphy played Jim, a bicycle courier who wakes up from a coma to find that nan UK has been deed by nan "Rage" virus, which turns group into zombies.

The infected, however, are not for illustration nan accepted slow, shuffling hordes of nan undead. Instead, they sprint and shriek while chasing survivors.

The movie performed reasonably good astatine nan time, earning $84 cardinal worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

Boyle's unsocial imagination of a post-apocalyptic Britain led to a resurgence of zombie movies successful nan 2000s. Many took inspiration from Boyle's fast zombies, specified arsenic successful nan "Dawn of nan Dead" remake, and "Zombieland."

While Boyle produced nan 2007 sequel, "28 Weeks Later," nan Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-directed movie focused much connected gory action, than nan suspense-driven scary of nan original.

In January 2024, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that "28 Years Later" is successful nan useful by Boyle and "28 Days Later" writer Alex Garland.

Here's what we cognize astir "28 Years Later."

Cillian Murphy will beryllium joined by Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Murphy has stated complete nan years that he would for illustration to return to nan franchise that kickstarted his career.

In February, he told Variety: "I've ever said I would emotion to beryllium progressive because that movie changed everything for maine and I person awesome affection for it and for those guys Alex, and Danny."

Murphy added: "So I'm really thrilled that we'll get nan set backmost together to make this one."

In May, Sony Motion Pictures Group president Tom Rothman confirmed to Deadline that Murphy will reprise his domiciled arsenic Jim successful "28 Years Later."

The Irish character will beryllium joined by British stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Fiennes, and Erin Kellyman, per Deadline. Details astir their characters are being kept secret.

In October, Fiennes told IndieWire that nan communicative revolves astir a young boy trying to prevention his mother successful nan northbound of England.

He said: "Britain is 28 years into this unspeakable plague of infected group who are violent, rabid humans pinch a fewer pockets of uninfected communities. And it centers connected a young boy who wants to find a expert to thief his dying mother. He leads his mother done this beautiful bluish English terrain.

"But of course, astir them hiding successful forests and hills and woods are nan infected. But he finds a expert who is simply a man we mightiness deliberation is going to beryllium weird and odd, but really is simply a unit for good."

Ralph Fiennes said filming for "28 Years Later" and its sequel person finished.

In July 2024, group photos of Comer and "Young Royals" prima Edvin Ryding surfaced online.

The pictures show nan infected chasing Comer successful nan countryside, while Ryding's characteristic appears to beryllium a NATO soldier, judging by nan spot connected his uniform.

Earlier group photos from June besides showed Taylor-Johnson pinch agelong hairsbreadth and a beard while presumably moving distant from nan infected.

The long-awaited sequel will get successful theaters connected June 20, 2025, and is nan commencement of a caller trilogy. Per Deadline, "Candyman" head Nia DaCosta was successful talks to nonstop nan follow-up successful early 2024. According to Fiennes, nan 2nd movie has already been shot.

He said: "It's 3 films, of which 2 person been shot."

The title for nan movie mightiness person been revealed by nan United States Copyright Office, which lists it arsenic "28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple."

Danny Boyle utilized workplace animals and an iPhone to movie "28 Years Later."

A study by Wired, published connected September 19, reported, citing unnamed sources, that Boyle changeable nan caller sequel utilizing an iPhone 15 Pro Max modified pinch further lenses.

Wired besides reported that "some scenes successful '28 Years Later' were changeable pinch action cams strapped to workplace animals," though nan outlet didn't uncover why.

Sony didn't instantly respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider.

It seems apt that this different filming method will thief seizure a specific, energetic ocular style during a pursuit segment involving nan infected. But it's not clear whether nan animals are specifically successful nan film, aliases if they're conscionable an unorthodox filming tool.