Sony Pictures isn’t wasting any time.
The studio on Thursday announced it will open 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple in theaters on Jan. 16, 2026, the beginning of the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The movie is the second installment in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland‘s planned zombie apocalypse trilogy.
Earlier this month, Sony released its first teaser trailer for 28 Years Later, the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic 28 Days Later, set to hit theaters on June 20, 2025. Boyle directed that film which was released by 20th Century Fox in 2002.
This time, Nia DaCosta has directing duties, with Boyle and Garland reteaming to write the scripts. The two upcoming films were shot back-to-back.
In 28 Years Later, Cillian Murphy reprises his role as a survivor from the 2002 film and stars alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman and Edvin Ryding.
Boyle and Garland are producing the movies alongside Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice and Bernard Bellew. Murphy is executive producing.
