For more than two decades, the franchise that began with 28 DAYS LATER has occupied a unique space in horror cinema, one that refuses the comfort of genre conventions. These films were never content to be mere survival thrillers or infection narratives. They were excavations of collapse itself—watching as systems, moralities, and identities crumbled under the weight of crisis. Now, with 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, produced by Cillian Murphy, the series appears ready to confront its most challenging and essential question: what happens when the apocalypse stops being an emergency and becomes simply the past?
The power of a sequel set decades after catastrophe lies in its relationship to memory. 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE will inevitably feature two generations living side by side, separated not by age alone but by experience itself. There are those who remember the world before the collapse, who carry the weight of what was lost, and there are those born into ruin, for whom devastation is not tragedy but baseline reality. This divide is not philosophical abstraction. It is the foundation for conflict that feels profoundly human, the kind that emerges not from monsters but from irreconcilable perspectives on what survival even means.
What makes 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE so compelling is its implicit maturity. This is not a story about running. It is about staying. It is about the stubborn, unglamorous work of building something that might last in a world defined by impermanence. Where 28 DAYS LATER gave us the shock of societal collapse and 28 WEEKS LATER showed us the cruelty of failed reconstruction, this film seems positioned to explore something quieter and perhaps more unsettling: the mundane horror of adaptation. The film does not need to escalate violence or spectacle to justify its existence. Its strength may lie instead in introspection, in examining what it costs to rebuild and whether that rebuilding ever truly constitutes healing.
Much about 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE remains deliberately opaque, but its promise is clear. It offers evolution rather than escalation, depth rather than volume. In a genre saturated with endings, with final stands and last survivors, THE BONE TEMPLE dares to ask what comes after. It asks whether humanity, having been given a second chance at beginning, actually deserves it. If the film delivers on this thematic ambition, it could stand not merely as another installment but as one of the franchise’s most thoughtful and resonant entries—a film brave enough to suggest that the real horror might not be the infection at all, but what we become when we try to move on from it.
Cillian`s got on his running boots for A QUIET PLACE Part III.
Currently shooting in New York and billed as a conclusion to the main series, John Krasinski`s upcoming film continues the journey of the Abbotts, with Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Marcus (Noah Jupe) vying for safety.
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Irish actor @damien_molony is at the heart of TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST with Greek Gods thrown into the mix, this one goes places you won`t expect.
Molony delivers what looks like a career-best turn, and with the team behind I MAY DESTROY YOU at the helm, this is one summer watch that will linger long after the tan fades. ☀️🌿🎬
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She`s in a Spielberg film. She`s sharing the screen with Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Colman Domingo. And she might just be heading to the Oscars. 🍀✨
@evehewson is the name on everyone`s lips right now, and if the early buzz around DISCLOSURE DAY is anything to go by, Ireland is about to have another awards season moment to savour. Critics are raving. Ladbrokes has her at 10/1 for a nomination. And honestly? We`re not even surprised.
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SUGAR is back on Jun 19!
Season 2 of Apple TV+`s neo-noir gem returns — and Colin Farrell`s John Sugar is returning to the shadowy streets of Los Angeles with his most dangerous case yet.
A missing boxer`s older brother. A conspiracy that runs through the entire city. And still — somewhere beneath all of it — the question that haunts him most: what happened to his sister?
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Jack Reynor playing a music industry fixer in POWER BALLAD hits different when you remember he was the failed musician`s older brother in SING STREET
A decade later, same director, different side of the industry — and somehow that`s the whole point!
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How does #AndrewScott feel about being #ConanOBrien’s friend?
Andrew sits down with Conan to discuss his latest film PRESSURE, the over-academization of Shakespeare, playing every part in the one-man adaptation VANYA, and honing the craft of portraying characters who are good without being nice.
Watch now at irishfilmtv.com.
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD is back at the @nationaltheatre — and this cast is everything!
Nicola Coughlan. Éanna Hardwicke. Siobhán McSweeney are directed by Caitríona McLaughlin with every secret wound held tight beneath the surface! Filmed live on stage. Overflowing with secrets. Absolutely essential viewing.
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In a new @esquire interview, Jamie Dornan talks the art of embracing fear.
The actor—heartthrob, model, and self-described "semi-cool dad"—is having a massive year.
Two incredible projects on the horizon: 12 12 12 with Anthony Mackie (a globe-trotting heist thriller for Apple & Skydance), and THE UNDERTOW on Netflix, where he plays identical twins.
More at irishfilmtv.com.
HOPE flips the script.
Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander play complex extraterrestrials from planet Gh`ertu—not faceless invaders, but fully realized beings with their own world and reasons.
Expect genre chaos: comedy bleeding into dread, absurdist moments crashing into raw drama. HOPE director Na Hong-jin refuses to play it safe.
New trailer at irishfilmtv.com.
