There’s been chatter online about a certain file string floating around — but let’s set that aside. What matters is that 28 Years Later is actually happening. Danny Boyle is back in the director’s chair. Alex Garland has written the script. And after nearly two decades, the Rage Virus is returning to theaters in 2025.
Cast whispers include Cillian Murphy returning as Jim (Boyle has been coy, but Murphy has said he’d be “fascinated to revisit” the character), along with new faces like Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. The working title’s “Years” rather than “Days” or “Weeks” suggests an epic scale — not just survival, but society rebuilding from ashes, or failing to. There’s been chatter online about a certain file
For those who came of age in the early 2000s, 28 Days Later wasn’t just another horror movie. It reinventered the zombie genre — fast infected instead of slow undead, a raw digital camera aesthetic, and a focus on human despair as much as gore. Then 28 Weeks Later gave us that unforgettable opening sequence with Robert Carlyle, and left the virus spreading to mainland Europe (and implicitly, the world). Alex Garland has written the script