A possible Cillian Murphy cameo in the first trailer for horror sequel 28 Years Later puts a horrible twist on the original's ending
Dec. 10, 2024Poor Jim
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Fans think they’ve spotted Cillian Murphy in the first trailer for Danny Boyle’s upcoming horror sequel 28 Years Later and well, it’s not looking good for his28 Days Latercharacter Jim.
Inthe dialogue-less promo, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes look to be having a rough time navigating the Rage Virus-induced apocalypse. Unsurprising, really, given how the teaser ominously suggests, “It began 10,228 years ago. Days became weeks, weeks became years. Next summer, what will humanity become?”
Elsewhere, the official poster reads, “Time didn’t heal anything”. Dear, oh dear.
As the footage emerged online on December 10, excited viewers took to social media to speculate on whether or not a brief shot of a zombie shown at 1:47 is Murphy. We’ll admit, it certainly looks like him – and given that the Oppenheimer actor is officially an executive producer on the movie, it’s more than possible he has a cameo.
“Either Cillian Murphy is having fun with a double role or Jim does not have a happy ending in his fate,“wrote one Twitter user, asanother said: “I swear to god, this better not be Jim.”
“Just watched the 28 Years Later trailer 5 or so minutes ago. Literal CHILLS watching it, gonna have to watch it more. I’m upset that Jim didn’t make it, that most likely means that Selena and Hannah didn’t make it either,“tweeted a third.
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