Cillian Murphy confirms he’ll return 28 YEARS LATER in ‘a surprising way’

Danny Boyle AND Alex Garland’S 28 years later AND profound in development and with Cilian Murphy assigned as a producer on the project, it was assumed that he would also appear in the film.

The actor has stated on several occasions that he would return to the franchise if another film was made. Well, the president of Sony Motion Pictures Group, Tom Rothman, has confirmed that Cillian will indeed return, and he will do it in a surprising way.

During an interview with Deadline, Rothman, considered one of the worst executives in Hollywood, was asked if Murphy would return to appear in the film.

He replied: “Yes, but in a surprising way and in a way that grows, so to speak.” He went on to tease, “It’s ’28 Years Later,’ but it’s not in any way a literal sequel.”

I guess we’ll find out what that means sooner or later. The film is also the protagonist Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’ConnellAND Ralph Fiennes to its cast.

The original film centered on a bicycle courier (Cilian Murphy) who awakens from a coma to discover that the world has been invaded by zombies following an outbreak of a virus.

There are no plot details to share yet, but Garland previously offered some insight into the film’s theme. She shared, “It has to do with the passage of time and thinking about what effect the passage of time would have.”

He added: “Is this what you would traditionally call a post-apocalyptic state? Or has something else started to manifest itself? Time is really at the heart of the film’s engine.”

Previously, when teasing the third film, Garland said, “I have a really interesting idea, but it’s a much bigger movie, and one of the things that 28 days later it’s that it was small and punk and this idea is less small and punk.”

Boyle will direct the first film in the trilogy The wonders director Nia Da Costa he is in talks to direct the second.