The newly released poster for28 Years Lateris drumming up excitement for Danny Boyle’s zombie reboot, but the poster’s imagery is already setting up its own upcoming sequel. The long-awaited sequel to28 Weeks Later,28 Years Laterwill be the first installment of a planned trilogy. It’s set to be released in theaters on July 19, 2025, and it’s based on a script by Boyle and original writer Alex Garland. This past weekend, Sony revealedan unsettling poster for28 Years Later, along with a cryptic teaser trailer.
Although it only lasts for a few seconds,the28 Years Laterteaserincludes a few tantalizing clues about the highly anticipated sequel. The teaser suggests an isolated setting for the sequel and its soundtrack includes Morse code for the word “Tuesday,” suggesting that’s when a full trailer will be released. The poster bears the disturbing tagline, “Time didn’t heal anything,” insinuating that all these years later, the zombie apocalypse rages on. While the marketing campaign is focused on setting up28 Years Later, the poster also has a tease for the next movie.
28 Years Later’s Poster Contains A Reference To The Next Movie’s Reported Title
The Infection Symbol Is Made Of Skulls
Although it remains to be seen how28 Years Laterwill perform at the box office next summer,Sony is already committed to a sequel. Cillian Murphy is confirmed to reprise his role as Jim from the original28 Days Laterin the sequel, which is beingdirected byThe Marvels’ Nia DaCosta. This will mark DaCosta’s return to the horror genre after the 2021Candymanreboot. While there’s no confirmed release date for the sequel,there is a teaser for it in the28 Years Laterposter.
The imagery of bones scattered across the poster for 28 Years Later could be planting seeds for the introduction of the sequel’s titular “Bone Temple.”
Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that the infection symbol featured on the28 Years Laterposter is made of skulls. This could be a reference to the upcoming sequel. The next movie after28 Years Later— the second chapter in a planned trilogy — isreportedly called28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple. The imagery of bones scattered across the poster for28 Years Latercould be planting seeds for the introduction of the sequel’s titular “Bone Temple.”
What “The Bone Temple” Could Mean For 28 Years Later’s Next Movie
28 Years Later Part II Could Be An Adventure Movie
Plot details for28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Templeare being kept under wraps, but it’s certainly an intriguing title.The Bone Templesounds less like a horror movie and more like an action-adventure moviein theIndiana Jonesfranchise. It hints thatthe sequel could leave behind the urban British setting for a more exotic locale. Whatever the sequel has in store,28 Years Laterisone of 2025’s most anticipated blockbusters.
