'28 Years Later' star Ralph Fiennes teases more violence in sequel 'The Bone Temple'

28 Years Later star Ralph Fiennes is teasing another sequel in the franchise, The Bone Temple.

28 Years Later is itself a sequel to 2002 film 28 Days Later, which starred Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy.

The sequel stars newcomer Alfie Williams as a 12-year-old boy named Spike, who embarks on a perilous journey to the virus-ravaged United Kingdom in hopes of finding doctor Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) to help his sick mom Isla (Jodie Comer).

In the film, Kelson lives among towering shrines of bones he constructed to honor everyone who died. The next sequel’s name probably refers to this bone temple.

Speaking about his character, Fiennes told Entertainment Weekly, "There's a warmth to him. He's very pleased to see people who are not infected."

Teasing The Bone Temple, which was filmed side by side with 28 Years Later, he said, “Obviously I can’t give too much away.”

He then referred to the scene in the film where Isla helps a pregnant infected, and said, “I can say that the themes that we touched on in the scene on the train, the moment of labor, the humanity — it is a critical moment in the life of a mother and child."

"The ultimate human moment is an infected woman who is giving birth to a baby who is not infected," he reflected.

He continued, "The theme of innate humanity — is it still alive in the soul, in the heart, in the mind of an infected person? Are they completely corrupted? Are they only rabid? Or is there the possibility of something? Something human, it's still there."

He also noted that the next film will contain more violence, saying, "We carry in us the potential for terrible destruction and pain. That theme is picked up very strongly in the next film."

Ralph Fiennes will most likely be featured in The Bone Temple, which will also star Cillian Murphy. It will hit cinemas on January 16, 2026.