Nia DaCosta to direct 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple after reviving Candyman

Collider reports that, in April 2024, Deadline exclusively announced Nia DaCosta would direct the second entry in the 28 Years Later trilogy, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Danny Boyle returned to the franchise for 28 Years Later but handed the director's chair for The Bone Temple to DaCosta; the two films were filmed nearly back-to-back, leaving expectations for how DaCosta would approach the material. DaCosta told CNN, "I came in saying, this is my vision for it. And I also don’t want to make a Danny Boyle movie, because I don’t know how to do that."

DaCosta previously revived the Candyman franchise with a 2021 film she co-wrote with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld after Peele hired her in 2018. The 2021 Candyman emphasized story and social themes, earned positive critical response and made $77 million worldwide.

The article says DaCosta is being praised for putting her own spin on the 28 Years Later legend and that 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is getting spectacular reviews; it also says her experience navigating Candyman prepared her for this project. Candyman is available to watch on Peacock in the U.S.

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Culture, Nia Dacosta, Candyman, Danny Boyle, Jordan Peele