The zombies are nonetheless on the prowl in 28 Years Later, a long-awaited sequel to 2002’s 28 Days Later and 2007’s 28 Weeks Later. Within the first trailer for the movie, directed by Danny Boyle, a gaggle of survivors come up in opposition to these rage virus-infected zombies, in addition to some unusual fellow people.

The unsettling trailer is ready to a Taylor Holmes recording of Rudyard Kipling’s battle poem Boots, and showcases Aaron Taylor-Johnson wielding a bow and arrow as he leaves his island settlement. Later, the clip seems to indicate Cillian Murphy‘s character Jim in zombie type as he comes after Jodie Comer. Murphy, who didn’t seem within the prior sequel, is an government producer on the movie.

The official synopsis notes, “Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award-nominated author Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new story set on this planet created by 28 Days Later. It’s been virtually three many years for the reason that rage virus escaped a organic weapons laboratory, and now, nonetheless in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have discovered methods to exist amidst the contaminated. One such group of survivors lives on a small island linked to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of many group leaves the island on a mission into the darkish coronary heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets and techniques, wonders, and horrors which have mutated not solely the contaminated however different survivors as effectively.”

Sony’s tagline for 28 Years Later is, fittingly, “Time didn’t heal something.” The movie hits theaters on June 20, 2025 and can function the primary a part of a 28 Years Later trilogy deliberate by Boyle and Garland. It additionally stars Jack O’Connell ​and Alfie Williams.