28 Years Later: The Temple of the Dead, the horror film directed by Nia DaCosta, is airing on Canal+ on Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 9:12 p.m. Written by Alex Garland, this new chapter picks up directly from 28 Weeks Later, which relaunched the post-apocalyptic saga born from 28 Days Later.
Hit cinemas in France on January 14, 2026, the film unites Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. This television broadcast invites viewers back to a world still ravaged by the rabies virus, but where the survivors have become a threat as chilling as the infected.
Following the events of the previous film, the young Spike faces off against Jimmy Crystal, the head of a violent faction built around troubling beliefs. Meanwhile, Dr. Ian Kelson presses on with his research and forms a peculiar bond with Samson, an Alpha-infected whose behavior could upend the conventional wisdom about the virus.
Through these two trajectories, Le Temple des morts shifts the saga’s center of gravity. The infected remain, but the narrative focuses primarily on the communities that have emerged from the ruins of British society, their rites, and the power dynamics they enforce. The boundary between humanity and monstrosity thus no longer rests solely on contamination.
The film’s title points to the structure built by Dr. Kelson from human bones. This site serves as a memorial, a funerary sanctuary, and a symbol of how the survivors try to make sense of the world around them. This setting anchors the movie in post-apocalyptic cinema, where physical horror is paired with reflections on memory, faith, and collective violence.
Nia DaCosta, who previously directed the Candyman, steps in for Danny Boyle behind the camera. Boyle remains involved as a producer, while Alex Garland continues writing this new trilogy. The film thus takes a different directorial approach while preserving the political and moral themes that have threaded the franchise since its beginnings.
28 Years Later: The Temple of the Dead is the fourth installment in the franchise and the second entry in the new cycle launched in 2025. It delves into the arcs of Spike, Dr. Kelson, and Jimmy Crystal, while teeing up the next chapter of this saga set in a Great Britain cut off from the world for decades by the epidemic.
This Canal+ broadcast targets viewers who followed 28 Years Later, whose storyline continues here, as well as fans of horror films and post-apocalyptic tales centered on survival and the unraveling of human societies.
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