«28 years later»: Ralph Fiennes reveals new plot details and announces that two films of the trilogy have already been shot

Actor Ralph Fiennes has revealed new details about the upcoming «28 Years Later» trilogy, which will continue the zombie apocalypse franchise after almost two decades of hiatus.

According to the actor, the plot unfolds 28 years after the start of the terrible epidemic. Britain is inhabited by infected people who have turned into cruel, rabid creatures. Only a few uninfected communities have survived. The story centers on a young boy who is looking for a doctor for his dying mother. He leads her through the picturesque northern landscapes of England, where the infected are hiding in the forests and hills. The boy finds a doctor who seems strange at first, but turns out to be a «force for good».

The authors of the original film — director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland returned to create the first part of the trilogy.

Cillian Murphy, who starred in «28 Days Later» (2002) but did not appear in the sequel «28 Weeks Later» (2007), returns to the role of Jim — a former bike courier who wakes up from a coma to find that a «rage virus» has ravaged London. Murphy also acts as an executive producer.

The new sequel also stars Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman and Edwin Riding.

The first part of the trilogy will be released on June 20, 2025.

• «28 Days Later» (2002) is a cult horror movie where ordinary people turned into aggressive infected people due to the so-called «rage virus». The virus was introduced to London after activists released infected monkeys from a laboratory. Infection occurred through blood or saliva in seconds, and the infected lost control and attacked healthy people in an uncontrollable fit of violence. Rating on the site IMDb — 7,5/10, Rotten Tomatoes — 87%.
• In the sequel «28 weeks later» (2007), the US military tried to restore life in Britain after the epidemic. They created a protected zone in London for survivors. However, a new outbreak of the virus led to an even greater catastrophe. The movie has a 72% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.9/10 on IMDB.
• The peculiarity of the «rage virus», unlike classic zombies, is that the infected do not die, but turn into extremely aggressive and fast creatures that retain the physical capabilities of a person. They do not eat human flesh, but simply kill out of uncontrollable rage.