The trailer for Danny Boyle’s highly anticipated 28 Years Later has officially been released.
First-look footage of the film was released this morning and features some countryside and fellside terrain – but it has not yet been confirmed if these backdrops are Cumbria.
While Cillian Murphy does not appear in the trailer, some fans believe he appears as an emaciated zombie stood in a field.
Cillian was spotted filming in Cumbria in September near Ennerdale Water. He was wearing injury special effects make-up and dressed in baggy green trousers and a knitted green military surplus-style jumper.
He was seen on a public path in the area – in the same place the final scenes of the franchise’s first film, 28 Days Later, were filmed in 2001.
A house near Bowness Knott – believed to have been featured in the first film – was also seen covered in set dressing including boarded-up fencing and fake foliage.
Camera and lighting equipment was also spotted alongside crew working both inside and outside the house.
Walkers told Cumbria Crack they were lucky enough to bump into Cillian – who politely declined a photograph, but was happy to stop for a quick chat.
Another passer-by told Cumbria Crack that Jodie Comer has been also been spotted in the Ennerdale area.
Shouts of ‘rolling!’ were also heard from the set followed by gun-shot type sound effects. Special effects equipment was spotted on a public path in the area.
Foliage – including yellow flowers – set-dressing and farm animal handlers were also spotted in the area, alongside a fire and ambulance team who appeared to be on stand-by.
Large trucks carrying filming equipment as well as mobile dressing rooms, a mobile cafe and facilities for child actors have also been set up in the area.
Child actor Alfie Williams has since appeared in the trailer.
Set in the same world created by 28 Days Later, the latest film takes place almost three decades on since a zombie virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory and collapsed society.
Starring franchise newcomers Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later follows the story of one group of survivors who live on a small island connected to a mainland by a single causeway.
When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers a world full of horror, secrets and wonders that mutated not only the infected zombies, but the survivors as well.
It is unclear if the filming in Cumbria was part of 28 Years Later or its sequel, reportedly called The Bone Temple, as it is understood that shooting of that movie was due to start this year.
Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, 28 Years Later is out on June 20 2025.
