By Ever since it was announced, one of the biggest questions lingering over the upcoming “28 Years Later” trilogy at Sony Pictures would be if Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy would return.
Murphy starred in the original “28 Days Later” as a bicycle courier (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to discover the world had been overrun with fast-moving zombies following the outbreak of a virus.
Murphy will be executive producing the new trilogy but his onscreen involvement has been in question. Now, The InSneider is reporting that Murphy will indeed appear – just not like you might think.
The new report suggests Murphy won’t be seen in the Boyle-directed first film. Rather, he will first appear in a small role/borderline cameo in the second film of the trilogy before going on to having a major role in the third.
The project marks a reunion of celebrated filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland who are directing and writing the first film respectively.
Garland will also pen the next two films and “Candyman” director Nia DaCosta will direct the second with the plan being to shoot at least the first two films back to back starting next month.
No word on who is directing the third but if that is the one Murphy is most heavily involved in, don’t be shocked if Boyle returns for the trilogy capper.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and Jodie Comer will all star in the first film whilst Boyle, Garland, Bernie Bellew, Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice produce.
Murphy has other filming commitments to with the “Peaky Blinders” movie shooting in September and “Blood Runs Coal” tipped to begin production later this year.
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