28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is an upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It was shot back-to-back with its predecessor 28 Years Later (2025), and will serve as the fourth installment overall in the 28 Days Later film series. The film stars Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Fiennes, and Cillian Murphy.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Directed by	Nia DaCosta
Written by	Alex Garland
Produced by	Danny Boyle Alex Garland Andrew Macdonald Peter Rice Bernie Bellew
Starring	Alfie Williams Aaron Taylor-Johnson Jack O'Connell Cillian Murphy Ralph Fiennes
Cinematography	Sean Bobbitt
Music by	Hildur Guðnadóttir[1]
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Decibel Films DNA Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	16 January 2026 (2026-01-16)
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple will be released on 16 January 2026, by Sony Pictures Releasing. A sequel to The Bone Temple is in development.

Cast

• Alfie Williams as Spike, Jamie's son who is on a personal quest on the mainland
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie, a scavenger and widower who is in search of his son
• Jack O'Connell as Sir Jimmy Crystal, a cult leader and survivor of the outbreak^[2]
• Emma Laird as Jimmima, a member of Jimmy's cult
• Maura Bird as Jimmy Jones, a member of Jimmy's cult
• Erin Kellyman as Jimmy Ink, a member of Jimmy's cult
• Ralph Fiennes as Dr Ian Kelson, a former doctor and survivor of the outbreak
• Chi Lewis-Parry as "Samson," a physically imposing Alpha leader of the infected
• Cillian Murphy as Jim, a former bicycle courier and survivor of the original outbreak. Murphy reprises his role from 28 Days Later.^[3]

Production

Development

In April 2024, a sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) was reportedly in development, with Nia DaCosta in talks to direct the film, taking over from Danny Boyle, and Alex Garland returning to write the screenplay.^[4] In June 2024, via a copyright filing, the title of the film was seemingly revealed to be 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple.^[5] In December 2024, Aaron Taylor-Johnson seemingly revealed his character will not return for the film, yet admitted "we did one and two back to back".^[6]

The film was produced by Columbia Pictures.^[7]

Filming

Principal photography began on 19 August 2024.^[8] In September 2024, Cillian Murphy was spotted filming in Ennerdale, Cumbria with a crew reportedly attached to the film.^[9]

Release

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is scheduled to be released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on 16 January 2026.^[10]

Sequel

The film was announced as part of a planned trilogy,^[8] with Garland serving as screenwriter for all three.^[11] In January 2025, Boyle confirmed that he would direct the final film in the trilogy.^[12]