US Edition'28 Years Later': Fans Have Wild Theories About Where Franchise Is Headed Next
The Bone Temple expands the 28 Years Later trilogy with a focus on human cruelty, a hopeful cure, and a key infected alpha's survival beyond the UK, setting up the final film.
- Recently, Nia DaCosta's film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple arrived seven months after its predecessor, directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland as the middle movie of the trilogy.
- Amid the quarantined British Isles, the Fingers cult, led by Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal, tortures survivors and slays the infected, while Dr. Ian Kelson's fatal clash with Jimmy's crew drives much of the conflict at the bone temple.
- Dr. Ian Kelson sedates Samson with morphine–xylazine, dances and gifts a loincloth while Samson utters `moon`, the first infected speech.
- Kelson's death likely halts replication efforts, dimming hopes for a cure, while Samson and the infected infant Isla raise risks of spread beyond the United Kingdom.
- After strong early screenings, Sony Pictures green-lit the untitled final film, shot back-to-back with The Bone Temple, advancing the trilogy's overarching story and momentum.
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Review | ‘28 Years Later’ evolves once more with ‘The Bone Temple’
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s “28 Days Later” distilled decades of zombie narratives 24 years ago into something both fresh and familiar: a tale of a lone survivor emerging from a coma into a deeply broken world decimated by a deadly virus. The film remains a foundational text of modern horror, but, like that virus, it needed to evolve if it wanted to be more than just a one-hit wonder. 2007’s “28 Weeks Later” widened the scope with a new cast …
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