By james art 
Enter Cillian Murphy 28 days later (2002).
A 20th Century Fox film
S 28 days later renewing the franchise after nearly two decades, Ralph Fiennes is preparing fans to return to the zombie apocalypse.
Ahead of the June 20, 2025 premiere 28 years laterthe two-time Oscar nominee revealed some new plot details and an update on the status of the new trilogy, which kicks off with returning OG writer/director duo Alex Garland and Danny Boyle.
“It’s three movies, two of which have been shot,” Fiennes told IndieWire.
Fiennes explained about the plot: “Britain is 28 years into this horrible epidemic of infected people who are violent, rabid people with a few pockets of uninfected communities. And it centers on a young boy who wants to find a doctor to help his dying mother. He leads his mother through this beautiful northern English terrain. But of course, around them hide in forests and hills and forests are the infected. But he finds a doctor who is someone we might think would be weird and strange, but is actually a force for good.
For the next installment titled 28 Years Later, Part II: The Bone TempleNia DaCosta was in talks to direct earlier this year, with a script by Garland.
After participating in 28 days later (2002) and awaiting the 2007 sequel 28 weeks laterCillian Murphy reprises his role 28 years later as Jim, a former bicycle courier who previously awoke from a coma to find that the “Rage Virus” had destroyed London. He also serves as executive producer.
The upcoming sequel will also star Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman and Edwin Riding.