Danny Boyle’s upcoming zombie follow-up 28 Years Later reportedly had a very unconventional filming method despite having millions pumped into it.

According to reports, the highly-anticipated horror sequel – which has an impressive cast and a $75 million (£56 million) budget – was filmed on several adapted iPhone 15s.

Cillian Murphy starred in the original (Sundance/WireImage/Fox Searchlight/Getty)

The Danny Boyle movie, titles 28 Years Later, is set for release next summer and is the follow up to the 2002 zombie flick, 28 Days Later which starred Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston.

Meanwhile, 28 Weeks Later was also released in 2007.

The latest instalment sees Boyle teaming up with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle – who also worked on the OG – while the likes of Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes will star.

According to WIRED, details about the production of the movie – and specifically, it being filmed with smartphones – have been kept under wraps.

However, in a paparazzi shot taken in July, Comer could be seen standing in front of a camera with a long lens attached to what could be an iPhone.

WIRED says that several ‘people connected with the movie’ have confirmed to the outlet that the iPhone 15 Pro Max was the principal camera system on the film.

LADbible has reached out to Boyle’s reps as well as Sony Pictures for comment.

The movie was apparently filmed on an iPhone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The original 28 Days Later movie starred Murphy as Jim, a courier who awakes from a coma to discover that a highly contagious virus has taken over the planet

Directed by Boyle, 28 Days Later also starred Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns and Brendan Gleeson.

At the time, the movie was hugely successful, pulling in $82.7 million (£61 million) worldwide on a budget of $8 million (£6 million) and receiving an 87 percent on review site Rotten Tomatoes.

There was a sequel, titled 28 Weeks Later in 2007, but Murphy didn’t reprise his role of Jim.

The third movie is set for release in June 2025 (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Prior to the third movie being confirmed, Murphy was asked about the chances of him making a sequel.

He told the Happy Sad Confused podcast: “I’d love to do it. There needs to be a script, and Danny needs to find the time, and Alex needs to feel that there’s more story to tell.”

The plot of the third movie is yet to be revealed.

Cillian Murphy says he’s open to making a Peaky Blinders movie but admits the show was perfect.

The Oppenheimer actor sat down with Margot Robbie in Variety’s most recent Actors on Actors interview.

When asked by Robbie, who’s admittedly a major fan of British drama series, if he’d be interested in turning the show into a film, the Irish star, who plays Tommy Shelby, responded: “I mean, I’m open to the idea.

“I’ve always thought that if there’s more story to tell … well, we’ll see.”

The Aussie actor then urged Murphy to consider doing a movie, citing **spoiler alert** that Tommy rode off on a white horse in the show’s final scene, adding there’s more to explore.

Murphy said: “I mean, I’m totally open to the idea, but I also do think it was a kind of perfect six seasons.

“It’s sometimes hard to move into the film format, and I do like the ambiguity of the ending.

“But I’m always open to a great script, you know? Who wouldn’t be?”

Well, if the movie goes ahead, we can expect Robbie to sit front and centre.

Last year, Murphy sat down with Digital Spy to provide an update on the film adaptation of the popular BBC series, which would pick up where season six finished.

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When asked if production would commence soon, he said: “Yes, I believe so. I’ve still not read it [the script] but that’s the plan, the plan is to make a film and to continue the story but in the cinematic world rather than on the television.

“The television part of the story is finished.

“If there’s more stories to tell, I’m there I just haven’t read it yet but it’s close apparently.”

Hmmm, given his recent Variety interview, it doesn’t look like a film is in the works currently, or Murphy perhaps is keeping his cards close to his chest.

Show creator Steven Knight also confirmed earlier that year that he was working on the script for the feature; however, he hasn’t provided any more details.

The idea that our favourite TV shows could look different feels almost offensive to the ears.

Just take a look at The Inbetweeners pilot for one, where James Buckley was originally cast to play Neil and not Jay.

It’s just absolutely not OK and the idea of it is utterly bizarre.

Well, things could also have looked very different for another Channel 4 production. This time, we’re talking about Friday Night Dinner.

The impeccable comedy stars Inbetweeners’ actor Simon Bird as one part of a Jewish family who meet up every Friday night for their traditional Shabbat dinner.

Bird stars as Adam alongside brother Jonny (Tom Rosenthal).

Their parents are Jackie (Tamsin Greig) and Martin (Paul Ritter), with the four of them acting as the mainstays in every episode.

Of course, we can’t forget the rather unique yet kind neighbour Jim (Mark Heap) and his trusty dog, Wilson.

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Robert Popper created the show, inspired by his own experiences growing up in a Jewish household.

It ran for six seasons between 2011 and 2020, with it officially not returning following the tragic death of Ritter.

Rumours about a seventh season keep cropping up, though since it returned to Netflix in January.

During its years, Friday Night Dinner was nominated for a number of BAFTA Awards, including a posthumous nomination for Ritter after his death.

But the show could have looked very different if it was to be made today, according to Greig.

Speaking to Times Radio, Greig said she voiced concerns at the time of the show being put together as to whether she should play a Jewish character.

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Greig herself is not Jewish. She became a Christian later in life after being brought up as an atheist.

She said that she didn’t know if she would take on the role if the show was to be made today.

Speaking on to Times Radio host Fi Glover, Greig said: “I did have thoughts at the time and spoke to Robert Popper, the writer, about it.

“My concern of being non-Jewish playing a Jewish woman and my real antipathy to stereotype. I wanted to be very careful about how to portray her.

“Robert Popper, who is Jewish and writing about his family environment, and growing up in a culturally secular Jewish home… he said ‘don’t worry, I’m the writer I know what I can hear, I’m writing a kind of music as to what I hear in that environment, and I’ll be there, so we’ll be okay’.

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“He reassured me. What’s been brought to the front recently is that the conversations we’re having now about casting, diversity, representation and access are very strong and they’re very different to the what they were like in the 2000s when we started thinking about this show.

“So I think we’d have a different approach now, is it approach for me to play [Jackie] now. Then, it was okay it was the environment. But I did make sure [it was okay].”

When asked by Glover if she would take the part now or if she would ‘walk away’ from the role, Greig said she ‘didn’t know’ what she would do.

The boom of the streaming service industry has had one very unexpected consequence for film and TV. And it echoes a similar experience to that experienced by music.

Vinyl and cassettes looked to be dead in the mud when CDs came striding in, providing mass produced music quickly and cheaply since the late 1980s.

But both products have enjoyed a renaissance in more recent years, partly spurred on by how rare some of the classic finds can be. New music also tends to get very limited vinyl or cassette runs, meaning the products are immediately valued at more than they sell for due to basic supply and demand.

It’s a similar tale for DVD and more specifically its high-resolution friend, Blu-ray.

Blu-ray came about back in 2006 as the next version of DVD, bringing HD footage into the living rooms of billions around the world. It also massively helped in the video games industry, with the disks used to hold countless video games for the PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

A nifty little product then.

But like with everything, it has a time and a place. And once a production run of a certain item ends, that copy you own that’s gathering dust may well be increasing in value as Father Time passes by.

Over on YouTube, Jeff Rauseo has detailed that some Blu-ray discs were now a lot more valuable than when you might have bought them, selling for decent amounts over on eBay.

One top example picked out by Rauseo was a classic from 2002 starring none other than Oppenheimer leading man and Hollywood royalty, Cillian Murphy.

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Some 22 years before Murphy heads to the Oscars as favourite to win best actor, he starred in a Danny Boyle horror film that gets a really solid 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not quite the heights of Christopher Nolan’s latest flick but it’ll do.

We’re talking about 28 Days Later which is widely credited as the key piece of film or TV that modernised the zombie genre; albeit without creatures called zombies.

More than two decades after its release, production of the film has of course stopped. It means you can expect to pay around £40 to get your hands on a physical copy of the Blu-ray version of 28 Days Later.

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Thousands of LADbible readers responded to our initial article telling you to check the value of your DVDs or Blu-rays before giving them away for a few quid in a massive bundle – or God forbid, for nothing.

Among the comments was a resurgent attitude towards actually keeping them regardless of their worth, with many who owned a physical copy of 28 Days Later saying they weren’t going to sell.

One owner of the film said: “Physical media forever! I’ve got 28 Weeks Later and 28 Days Later both on Blu-ray in my collection.

“With streaming it can be removed at any time i’d rather actually own my movies physically.”

Another wrote: “I’ll never sell mine. I also still listen to CD and vinyl.”

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A third responded: “I have about 1600 DVDs. People ask me a lot why I have them…. mate, half those DVDs, maybe even three quarters of them are not on ANY streaming services! So how would I watch or even know about them? I buy it and own it forever!”

And a fourth said: “And people laugh at me when I tell them I’ve got over 2,000 DVDs in the loft, a lot of classic films you struggle to watch on streaming services now. At least I’ll have something to do when I retire!”