Overview
- The MPA rated the film R for strong bloody violence, gore, graphic nudity, language throughout, and brief drug use.
- Nia DaCosta steps in for Danny Boyle with a visually bolder approach from Alex Garland’s script, emphasizing a harsher, more human-centered terror.
- Jack O’Connell’s cult leader Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal and the ‘Jimmies’ drive the film’s moral horror, with a ‘horrifying’ barn sequence teased in marketing without revealing details.
- Industry tracking puts the opening weekend in the $18–28 million range, suggesting the $60 million sequel will need strong legs in a crowded month for horror.
- The follow-up was shot back-to-back with 28 Years Later, a third chapter is confirmed, and the cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, and Cillian Murphy reprising his role.