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Danny Boyle confirms Cillian Murphy will appear in the '28 Years Later' sequel


Danny Boyle revealed to Business Insider when Cillian Murphy will return to the zombie franchise.

The film will mark the first appearance of Murphy's character Jim since the original 2002 movie, which is set in a dystopian United Kingdom in amid a zombie apocalypse caused by a virus. Boyle and Garland (who, since writing "28 Days Later," has gone on to direct "Ex Machina," "Civil War," and "Warfare") spent years working on a third movie. Sony Pictures Releasing "28 Years Later" focuses on an island community in the UK that has survived the virus for decades.

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