28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ends with Jim in an isolated house

Polygon reports that 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ends without a post-credits scene and closes on a final reveal: Jim (Cillian Murphy) appears in an isolated old house, speaking with a teenage girl who appears to be his daughter.

The film, directed by Nia DaCosta, picks up nearly three decades after Danny Boyle’s 2002 28 Days Later and just moments after the 2025 sequel 28 Years Later. Murphy, an executive producer on the new films, makes his first on-screen appearance in these entries; in the brief scene he is homeschooling the girl, discussing 20th-century European history and preparing her for an exam.

DaCosta said, “I think the answers will come,” and described leaving questions open because the creators did not yet know how the third film would play out. The ending raises uncertainties about whether Selena and Hannah are off-screen or dead and suggests Jim remained in the rural cabin rather than being rescued; the scene also helps set up the planned final film in Alex Garland’s trilogy. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is in theaters now.

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