’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’: How does Cillian Murphy return as Jim?

Run like an angry zombie to your nearest theater, because after more than two decades, Cillian Murphy is reprising his role 28 days later in nia dacosta 28 years later: Bone Temple. And what this means for the franchise has us foaming at the mouth for the next installment.

Murphy, who played survivor Jim in Danny Boyle’s original film 28 days laterNot shown in 2025 after 28 yearsAlso directed by Boyle. However, he served as an executive producer and Boyle confirmed that Murphy would return as Jim. bone temple.

Now, viewers can see what Jim is up to 28 years after the Rage virus ravaged Great Britain. He doesn’t appear until the end bone templeBut his presence gives us an idea of ​​what to expect from the third installment after 28 years Trilogy.

what happens at the end of 28 years later: Bone Temple?

by the end of bone templeDr. Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) and Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) have both died, the result of a fiery confrontation within Kelson’s memorial to the dead. Finally free of Jimmy, Alfie (Spike Williams) runs away with Jimmy Ink (Erin Kellyman), who reveals that his real name is Kelly.

from there, bone temple as it makes heated rivalry And goes to the hut. In the case of the film, the cottage is the same place where Jim, Selena (Naomi Harris) and Hannah (Megan Burns) escaped at the end of the film. 28 days later. Now, the home in Cumbria is comfortable and livable, filled with books and food and all the signs of having been rooted in one place for decades.

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The final scenes involve Jim quizzing his daughter about a history test he will be giving her. Selena, presumably the young girl’s mother, and Hannah were nowhere to be found. Did they die or were they saved? Or are they away from home at the moment?

Either way, two people who are definitely No Selena and Hannah are approaching the cottage. It’s Spike and Kelly, and they’re running from a horde of infected people. Jim’s daughter wonders if he should help them, to which he replies, “Of course.” Cue the credits – and my eager anticipation for the third. after 28 years film.

what will happen in the third after 28 years film?

Obviously, Jim will play a big role in the third after 28 years The film, which Boyle has confirmed he will direct. (That is, unless he dies saving Spike and Kelly, but I can’t imagine that happening after the hype about Murphy’s return.) Maybe he takes Spike and Kelly along for a bit. Based on the few minutes spent with him and his daughter, his life is a infinite Upgrade from Sir Jimmy and his ritual murders.

There are still some loose story threads that writer Alex Garland could pull up in a third installment, if he wanted to. Spike’s father Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) may be tracking his son to the mainland. And Cathy (Mirren Mack), the pregnant woman who survived Jimmy, may also return, as the trio continues to be interested in pregnancy and raising children following the outbreak.

no matter what happens later 28 years later: Bone TempleI’m sitting and ready for whatever Boyle and Garland throw at us.

28 years later: Bone Temple Now in theatres.