\u00ab\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0\u00bb director Danny Boyle plans to have Cillian Murphy’s Jim character be the main focus of a third movie.<\/b>
\n\u00ab\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0\u00bb director Danny Boyle was true to his word.
Cillian Murphy does show up in \u00ab\u00a0The Bone Temple.\u00a0\u00bb And he wasn’t joking when he told BI last spring, \u00ab\u00a0You have to wait for Cillian.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a028 Years Later: The Bone Temple\u00a0\u00bb, directed by Nia DaCosta (\u00ab\u00a0The Marvels\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Hedda\u00a0\u00bb), picks up right where Boyle’s \u00ab\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0\u00bb left off, with Spike (Alfie Williams) being forced to be a part of a gang led by the sadistic Sir Lord Jimmy (Jack O’Connell).
Through the movie, we follow their murderous ways, which eventually lead them to the bone sanctuary of Ralph Fiennes’ character, Dr. Ian Kelson, who was introduced in \u00ab\u00a028 Years Later.\u00a0\u00bb
Dr. Kelson acts like he’s the devil in front of Spike and the other Jimmy disciples, but that all ends when Kelson realizes Spike is among them (they became friends in the last movie). This leads to a bloodbath during which Kelson dies, Jimmy is strung up on a backward cross (later to be food for the Alpha zombie Samson), and Spike escapes with the only member of the Jimmy gang who cared about him, Kelly (Erin Kellyman).
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That’s when Murphy’s Jim character appears, who hasn’t been seen in the franchise since the first movie, 2002’s \u00ab\u00a028 Days Later.\u00a0\u00bb
Since then, he’s been living in an unsuspecting farmhouse, seemingly blocked off from the infected. We see him quizzing his daughter for a history exam she’s to have, which he will be giving her. Suddenly, they hear the infected in the distance. They race outside and see a group of zombies chasing Spike and Kelly. Jim’s daughter asks her father if they should help. He says yes, and they run off to help. Then the credits roll.Danny Boyle believes Cillian Murphy’s involvement will lead to a third movie being greenlit
Boyle told BI last year that his hopes are with the tease of Jim’s return that Sony, which is releasing the \u00ab\u00a028 Years\u00a0\u00bb movies, will greenlight a third movie. The plan is for Jim to be the main focus of that movie.
\u00ab\u00a0We still need the money\u00a0\u00bb, Boyle told BI just before \u00ab\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0\u00bb opened in theaters. \u00ab\u00a0I mean, we’ll see how we do with ’28 Years Later.’ It’s so close to release that nobody wants to say anything; they just don’t know what it’s going to do. And I respect that. It’s a lot of money, so we’ll see.\u00a0\u00bb
Would Boyle direct the third movie if it happened?
\u00ab\u00a0Oh, yes. That’s the idea\u00a0\u00bb, he said.
\u00ab\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0\u00bb made over $150 million worldwide at the box office, and \u00ab\u00a0The Bone Temple\u00a0\u00bb is tracking to finally dethrone \u00ab\u00a0Avatar: Fire & Ash\u00a0\u00bb from its current perch atop the box office, so Boyle may finally get his wish.
\u00ab\u00a028 Years Later: The Bone Temple\u00a0\u00bb is currently playing in theaters.<\/p>\n