{"id":951790,"date":"2026-05-11T03:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951790\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:34:16","slug":"28-years-later-the-bone-temple-director-i-was-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951790\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Director: &#8220;I Was Disappointed&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"taxonomy\">Posted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/movies\/\" rel=\"category noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movies<\/a> | Tagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tag\/28-years-later-the-bone-temple\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">28 years later: the bone temple<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\" style=\"font-weight:lighter;margin:6px 0;font-size:1.1em;clear:both;\">28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director Nia DaCosta says she was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; that the film underperformed at the box office.<\/p>\n<p>Article Summary<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director Nia DaCosta says she was disappointed the sequel underperformed at the box office.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>DaCosta argued every key audience metric was strong, suggesting 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple connected despite weak grosses.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>She believes the release timing may have hurt 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, with some viewers mistaking it for the prior film.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Even with the setback, DaCosta remains proud of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and hopes audiences will discover it over time.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Sony announced their intentions to release the sequel to 28 Years Later a couple of months after the first one, it seemed like the thing people had been asking for. People rightfully complain about the time between sequels constantly, and now you don&#8217;t even have to wait a year. However, something got lost in translation. Maybe it was the title; people didn&#8217;t realize that 28 Years Later\u00a0and\u00a028 Years Later: The Bone Temple were two different movies. Maybe Sony didn&#8217;t do a good enough job marketing the second movie. Maybe the January release date, a month that is usually kind of to horror, worked against them. Either way, the movie failed to make an impact at the box office despite strong critical reviews. Director <strong>Nia DaCosta<\/strong> recently spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/28-years-later-bone-temple-director-nia-dacosta-disappointed-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire<\/a> about the film underperforming and explained that everything seemed to look like it should have worked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so funny, because literally every barometer we use in the industry to determine whether or not a movie is good, and people like it and want to see it, was through the roof, and yet our box office wasn&#8217;t there,&#8221; DaCosta said. &#8220;I made a great film, and I&#8217;m really proud of it, and people liked it. \u2026 Maybe [it was released] too soon, because people were like, &#8216;Oh yeah, I saw that last summer!&#8217; I&#8217;m like, &#8216;No, no, so there&#8217;s a sequel!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/29-years-later-the-bone-temple-feature.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:600\/h:400\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/29-years-later-the-bone-temple-feature.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2281320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20400%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22400%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A graphic for '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' featuring a figure in front of tall, ominous pillars against a fiery red sky. The title is prominently displayed at the top, highlighting the theme of horror.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a>L-R: Courtesy of Sony Pictures \u00a9 2025 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Las Vegas, NV \u00d0 March 31, 2025 \u2013 Nia DaCosta (director, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) at CinemaCon 2025 for Sony Pictures at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 31, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau\/Sony Pictures via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>DaCosta went on to cite something a friend of hers said about enjoying her career in the face of moments like this. She said, &#8220;My friend said to me years ago, &#8216;Nia, your career is for you to enjoy,&#8217; and I really have been trying to put that into practice and take that to heart over the course of the past few years.&#8221; DaCosta did admit that she did feel great about\u00a028 Years Later: The Bone Temple underperforming, she does believe that people will find the movie eventually, and when they do, they will love it<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so when this came out, and it didn&#8217;t do as well in terms of the money it made, I was disappointed. But I also was like, &#8216;I&#8217;m so happy that when people find the film, they&#8217;re going to enjoy the film.&#8217; I wish it made more money, but I&#8217;m really proud of it,&#8221; she said. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple underperforming seems to be part of how it was released, not the film itself. Sony initially seemed gungho on finishing the trilogy, and they haven&#8217;t outright canceled anything yet. We can hope they see this as a release date misstep rather than a quality or even an interest issue that should be solved by canceling the final film.<\/p>\n<p>28 Years Later: The Bone Temple \u2013 Summary, Cast List, Release Date<\/p>\n<p>Expanding upon the world created by <strong>Danny Boyle<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Garland<\/strong> in 28 Years Later \u2013 but turning that world on its head \u2013 <strong>Nia DaCosta<\/strong> directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (<strong>Ralph Fiennes<\/strong>) finds himself in a shocking new relationship \u2013 with consequences that could change the world as they know it \u2013 and Spike&#8217;s (<strong>Alfie Williams<\/strong>) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (<strong>Jack O&#8217;Connell<\/strong>) becomes a nightmare he can&#8217;t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival \u2013 the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by<strong> Nia DaCosta, <\/strong>stars <strong>Ralph Fiennes, Jack O&#8217;Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, <\/strong>and <strong>Chi Lewis-Parry<\/strong>. It will be released in theaters on January 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this? 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