Sony knows you’re craving a great zombie movie. In fact, it knows exactly which zombie film you want to see. Following the release of the first trailer for28 Years Later, Sony have announced thatDanny Boyle’s first foray into flesh-ripping zombies is finally coming to digital platforms.First released in 2002,28 Days Laterstarred Cillian Murphy as Jim, who woke up from a 28-day-long coma, to find London had been overrun by zombies. The film still stands as one of the greatest modern zombie movies ever made, introducing audiences to the terrifying Rage Zombies, who sprint towards their victims at full pelt. For years, audiences have been desperate to enjoy the horrific mutilation from the comfort of their own homes. While28 Days Laterhad been kept from streaming, it’s finally arriving on digital platforms.
Sony announced that28 Days Lateris heading to streaming via a page on theirofficial website.Titled “Go Back to Day One,” the page lets fans input their contact info to be updated about28 Days Later’s digital release.No official release date has been announced yet.The email updates will also include a link to pre-order the digital release when it eventually becomes available.
While digital collectors can rejoice in adding Boyle’s hit horror film to their collection, old-school analog junkies are still being kept in the dark. The announcement only covers a digital release.There are currently no plans to release28 Days Lateron Blu-ray, or as an oh, so coveted 4k remaster.Hopefully, the film will get a physical release soon, asMurphy traipsing through an abandoned Londondeserves the highest playback quality.
Is Cillian Murphy in ‘28 Years Later?’
It’s taken almost 20 years, but Danny Boyle is back to round out the28trilogy. The first trailer for28 YearsLaterintroduced audiences to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes in the long-awaited threequel. Set to a horrifying recording of theRudyard Kipling poem,Boots,the trailer is incredibly unsettling, and promises to be a tense fright-fest when it hits theaters next June. Cillian Murphy is confirmed to return for the new film. But where is Jim in the new trailer?
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Fans thought they saw Jim as a horrific, skeletal zombie during a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot from the trailer. The zombie looks uncannily like the Irish actor, and puts hisOppenheimerweight loss to shame. However, it has recently been confirmed thatthe zombie is not Cillian Murphy, so fans are now on the hunt for Jim once again. Some are speculating he could be the character in the creepy mask (even though they’re clearly female). It is more likely that Murphy’s return is being withheld until a later trailer. Or, in the spirit of an actual mystery (remember when trailers still did those?), Jim’s return might not be shown in the trailers at all.
28 Years Laterreleases in theaters on July 15, 2025.The movie is directed by Danny Boyle, from a script penned by writer/director Alex Garland (Civil War,Ex Machina, and28 Days Later). It is expected to be the first entry in a new horror trilogy.
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