’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Trailer Reveals Nia DaCosta and Alex Garland’s Vision of Post-Apocalyptic Horror
“Trying to predict the future is a discouraging, hazardous occupation,” says Arthur C. Clarke in a scratchy 1964 clip from BBC’s Horizon. “In fact, it may not even exist at all.” These are the words that open the first official trailer for Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, written by Alex Garland. We see a vision of the post-apocalyptic world we were introduced to just this summer, where the fields are barren, the birds follow the whims of a certain, uh, well-endowed Alpha, and the trains, once crammed with commuters, are overrun by plant life. Everything is silent, almost tranquil, until one of the infected creeps into view, pierced by what looks like arrows. From there, the trailer shifts gears, reminding us that tranquility doesn’t exist in this universe. And it looks like it never will.
Ralph Fiennes and Alfie Williams are back once again, and this time, they’re up against a kind of “barbarism” they haven’t seen before. It comes in the shape of cult leader Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell), a character not-so-subtly based on disgraced BBC star and sexual abuser Jimmy Savile. This can only mean that 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple will be digging into darker, even more grotesque terrain than its predecessors.
We only have four months to prepare ourselves for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. I’d like to say I’m ready for it now, but even the trailer is making me sweat a little. Or maybe I’m coming down with something….
Here’s the full synopsis:
Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later—but turning that world on its head—Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship—with consequences that could change the world as they know it—and Spike’s (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) becomes a nightmare he can’t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival—the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
Watch the full trailer below:
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opens in theaters January 16, 2026.
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