28 Years Later is directed by Danny Boyle – the genius behind Trainspotting (1996), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Steve Jobs (2015), Yesterday (2019) and of course the original 28 Days Later (2002).  

28 Years Later picks up three decades after the original Zombie outbreak movie, 28 Days Later (2002) 

28 Years Later, the premise: Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus escaped a medical research laboratory, survivors have found ways to exist amidst the infected.

One group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When a father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son (Alfie Williams) leave the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, they discover the secrets, wonders and horrors of the outside world.

The 28 Years Later cast includes Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell  

The screenplay for 28 Years Later is written once again by writer director Alex Garland (Ex Machina (2014), Civil War (2024), Warfare (2025)) after writing the original film, 28 Days Later (2002). Neither director Danny Boyle nor Garland was involved in the writing or direction of 28 Weeks Later (2007), which was helmed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. 

Alex Garland was influenced by two main sources for the idea of the 28 series: John Wyndham’s classic 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids and the cult horror film Night of the Living Dead (1968) from George A. Romero.    

 The bulk of the principal photography of 28 Years Later took place across Northumberland.    

The soundtrack to 28 Years Later was composed by the Oscar composer of Joker (2020) Hildur Guðnadóttir.

 

28 Years Later is released at Showcase on June 19