The plot summary of 28 years later reveals an important detail about how the world has changed since the previous episode. 2002s 28 days later has introduced the Rage Virus, a vicious disease that turns its hosts into ravenous, fast-moving, zombie-like infected. While the outbreak in the film was limited to the island of Great Britain, the finale of the 2007 sequel was 28 weeks later showed the spread to continental Europe by showing a group of infected people running through Paris after surviving characters Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) crash-landed there.

The coming 28 years laterwhich will be released in theaters on June 20, 2025, is said to be the first part of a new film trilogy that continues the franchise after more than a decade. The first part of the trilogy reunites original director Danny Boyle with original writer Alex Garland and original star Cillian Murphy as Jim. The film’s ensemble cast also includes Kraven the Hunteris Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kill Eveis Jodie Comer, The menuis Ralph Fiennes, UnbrokenThis is Jack O’Connell, The Falcon and the Winter Soldieris Erin Kellyman and Young royals“Edvin Ryding.

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The “28 years later” premise must mean that the rest of the world is infected

The viral apocalypse has spread 28 weeks later

During an interview with IndieWire In the film, released on October 25, Ralph Fiennes shared the synopsis of the upcoming Danny Boyle film in his own words. He shared that the film is set in the UK populated with “violent, rabid people with a few uninfected communities.” A young boy travels through this dangerous world with his dying mother to seek help from a doctor (Fiennes). Read the star’s full synopsis, which gives an important clue as to how the film will pick up 28 weeks later End, bottom:

The UK has been afflicted for 28 years by this terrible plague of infected people, who are violent, rabid people with a few uninfected communities. The focus is on a young boy who wants to find a doctor to help his dying mother. He leads his mother through this beautiful northern English countryside. But of course the infected are hiding around them in forests, hills and forests. But he finds a doctor who is a man who we might think will be strange and strange, but who is actually a force for good.

This recap seemingly reveals what happened next 28 weeks later Children landed in France. Because Britain apparently continues to be overrun by infected people It is very likely that the entire world has now been destroyed by the Rage virus. Had people on other continents still been able to fight their troops, they probably would have offered help in the many years since the previous installment, as the United States of America did when London was rebuilt in the second film.

That the rest of the world is infected 28 years later promises a richer story

The trilogy could extend beyond the UK

While Fiennes’ summary for 28 years later implies that the majority of the film takes place in the UK, The suggestion that the entire world has been devastated could be a prelude to future parts of the trilogy and allow them to explore how other areas were affected by the Rage virus. Even if this isn’t the case, as the first two films in the trilogy have so far been filmed in the UK, the film could explore what the surviving people know about the situation in other regions, significantly expanding the world of the franchise.

Source: IndieWire

“28 Years Later” is the tentative title for the third film in the “28 Days Later” series, originally conceived by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. The film was originally going to be titled 28 Months Later but has not been officially confirmed, although preliminary work on a script is reportedly underway.

director

Danny Boyle

Release date

June 20, 2025