28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Trailer Unveils a Dark New Chapter

Nia DaCosta directs the follow-up to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 2025 horror revival 28 Years Later.

The nightmare isn’t over. Columbia Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the sequel to last year’s 28 Years Later, which marked the long-awaited return of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland to their groundbreaking horror universe. The new film, directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman), is set to hit theaters on January 16, 2026. Read our review of the 2025 film.

From Quarantine to The Bone Temple

Where 28 Years Later reintroduced audiences to a world still ravaged by the rage virus, the sequel flips the story on its head. Ralph Fiennes reprises his role as Dr. Kelson, now entangled in a shocking new relationship with consequences that could alter humanity’s fragile survival. Alfie Williams returns as Spike, whose encounter with Jack O’Connell’s Jimmy Crystal spirals into a waking nightmare.

In DaCosta’s vision, the infected are no longer the deadliest force. Instead, the greatest horrors come from the survivors themselves — their cruelty, desperation, and inhumanity. The trailer hints at this chilling shift, teasing Fiennes inside his macabre “Bone Temple,” a cathedral built from skulls and bones that blurs the line between memorial and madness.

The Creative Team Expands

Garland once again pens the script, working alongside returning producers Boyle, Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, and Bernard Bellew. Fiennes, O’Connell, and Williams are joined by Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry, broadening the ensemble.

Executive producing is Cillian Murphy, who starred in Boyle’s 28 Days Later and continues to shepherd the franchise into its new phase.

A Horror Legacy Reforged

The 28 Days Later films redefined modern horror with their fast-moving infected and raw intensity. Last year’s 28 Years Later built on that legacy, introducing new variants of the infected and placing young Spike at the story’s center. Now, DaCosta takes the baton with The Bone Temple, aiming to explore the terror that lies within humanity itself.

The trailer promises a haunting, atmospheric descent into survival and sacrifice, ensuring that the franchise remains one of horror’s most unsettling sagas.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opens in theaters January 16, 2026.

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