28 Weeks Later
2007 film by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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| May 29 2025 | At the Golden Trailer Awards, Sony and Buddha Jones won three awards for the '28 Years Later' trailer: Best of Show, Most Original Trailer, and Best Voice Over. |
| May 2025 | Young Fathers was confirmed to compose the soundtrack for '28 Years Later', marking their first film scoring project. |
| April 17 2025 | Second trailer released with a hidden Morse code message 'RAGELEAKS DOT NET', revealing an interactive website with a login screen and a countdown connected to the film's plot about a virus outbreak near the British Isles. |
| April 2025 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes were cast to star in '28 Years Later'. |
| April 17 2025 | Second trailer for '28 Years Later' released, again featuring the poem 'Boots'. |
| January 2025 | Producer Andrew Macdonald confirmed that Cillian Murphy would not reprise his role as Jim in '28 Years Later', though Murphy remains an executive producer. |
| December 2024 | Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the upcoming third installment. |
| December 18 2024 | Sony re-releases the original '28 Days Later' film on digital platforms, prompted by the viral success of the sequel's first trailer. |
| December 10 2024 | First trailer for '28 Years Later' released, featuring Morse code message 'CQD' (Come Quick, Danger), strategically marketing the film's post-apocalyptic themes and cast. |
| December 10 2024 | First trailer for '28 Years Later' released, featuring the 1903 Rudyard Kipling poem 'Boots' recited by Taylor Holmes. The trailer became #1 trending on YouTube, garnering over 10 million views within 48 hours. |
| August 18 2024 | At the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Macdonald officially confirms Nia DaCosta's role as director of the sequel and announces that principal photography is set to begin the following day. Macdonald also hints at potential plans for a third film in the trilogy. |
| July 29 2024 | Filming for '28 Years Later' concluded, having taken place across multiple locations in northern England including Northumberland, Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, and Somerset. |
| April 2024 | Garland revealed that the film Kes was a major influence on his work for 28 Years Later. Cillian Murphy was also revealed as an executive producer. |
| March 2024 | Alex Garland confirmed he is writing a trilogy of sequel films. |
| March 2024 | Alex Garland confirmed he is writing a trilogy of sequel films for the 28 Days Later franchise. |
| February 2024 | Andrew MacDonald bought back the rights to the first film from Searchlight Pictures and sold them to Sony Pictures for future distribution. |
| January 2024 | A third film titled 28 Years Later was officially announced to be in development, planned as the first of a new trilogy of sequels. |
| June 2023 | Boyle and Garland expressed serious intentions to develop the project, renaming the script to '28 Years Later'. |
| November 2022 | Boyle, Garland, and Murphy all indicated their interest in making a sequel to 28 Days Later. |
| May 2021 | Cillian Murphy expressed interest in returning to the franchise. |
| March 2020 | Imogen Poots expressed interest in reprising her role in the potential third film. |
| June 2019 | Danny Boyle confirmed that he and Alex Garland were working on the third installment. |
| January 2015 | Garland addressed the project's status, confirming ongoing discussions and revealing a potential script title of '28 Months Later'. |
| October 2010 | Alex Garland revealed that film rights issues had delayed the project. |
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