This week repulsion fans gota first trailerfor one of the literary genre ’s most anticipated upcoming releases:28 Years Later , the long - awaited next installment in Danny Boyle andAlex Garland‘s zombie saga . It show a world still in post - apocalyptical topsy-turvyness decades after the dead began walking , and it looks suitably terrific . But one quick shot in the laggard catch precipitous - eyed viewers speak : was that28 mean solar day Laterstar and newly coin Oscar victor Cillian Murphy making a enfranchisement paying back as Jim … as a almost - emaciated corpse ?
turn out it’snotMurphy , who is executive - producing28 Years Laterbut has yet to be confirmed for an on - screen door appearance ( thoughthe cast is stackedeven without him : Jodie Comer , Aaron Taylor - Johnson , Jack O ’ Connell , Alfie Williams , and Ralph Fiennes).According to the Guardian , the zombie spirit in the trailer is played by Angus Neill — and the publishing even track the art dealer and poser down to get the full tale .
plain Neill was “ gift - spotted by Boyle , who was much struck by his typical looks . ” go bythe modeling profilelinked by the Guardian , Neill has a naturally pinched appearance — you thoughtMurphyhad sharp cheekbones?—so you’re able to kind of see how Boyle would look at him and call back “ zombie ! ” Though there are obviously prosthetics and exceptional effects make - up involved , Neill does make the perfect canvass for an expressive ghoul . ( Sony or anyone involved in creating28 Years Laterhas yet to remark on Neill ’s role . )
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utter to the Guardian , Neill said , “ Danny told me he ’d always had me in brain for the role . So we met up , hit it off , and I agree to take part … On set he has an sinful ability to hypnotize you , and put to work with him on the moving picture was a very , very vivid experience . ”
Here ’s the prescribed synopsis for the film : “ It ’s been almost three decade since the cult virus turn tail a biologic weapons laboratory , and now , still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine , some have found ways to exist amidst the infected . One such chemical group of subsister inhabit on a small island connected to the mainland by a single , intemperately - guard causeway . When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark-skinned meat of the mainland , he discovers secret , wonders , and repulsion that have mutated not only the infected but other survivor as well . ”
Murphy ’s Jimcouldstill come out in28 Years Later — it would meet into the continuity of the story , and it would be a wonderful link back to the first film , which was released in 2002 and ushered Murphy into stardom . However , with28 old age Laterplanned asthe first in a new trilogy , there ’s plenty of metre ahead to see what Jim ’s been up to ( presumably , a peck of zombi slaying ) since we saw him last .
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