28 Days Later: Expect a technological breakthrough to continue this iconic horror saga!

After 28 years, Danny Boyle finished shooting the third part of the horror saga, which began in 2002, at the end of August. site Wired Today we’re learning that a filmmaker shot his zombie movie with an iPhone 15s with added lenses.

After making a short commercial film, this is not the first time that the director has shot a film on iPhone A portrait of the place for Apple in 2017, but this is the first time it has shot a feature film entirely on a smartphone.

The most expensive movie shot on an iPhone

With a $75 million budget, 28 Years Later becomes the most expensive iPhone movie ever made.

Before Boyle, several notable directors had already tried their hand at the exercise, notably Sean Baker (this year’s Palme d’Or winner Anora), who shot his Mandarin on an iPhone in 2015, and Steven Soderbergh, who shot Paranoia (2018) and High Flying Bird (2019) on an iPhone. , but also Michel Gondry and Park Chan-wook, who both made two short films with the iPhone (2017’s Passage for Gondry and 2011’s Night Fishing for the South Korean filmmaker.)

A tribute to the 2002 film

But beyond the technological prowess, this shooting method is true to the original film, which was shot in part with a Canon XL-1, a consumer camcorder recorded in MiniDV. Cinematographer Anthony Dodd Manti, already working on 2002’s 28 Days Later, is back after 28 years.

Co-written by Alex Garland and Danny Boyle, this long-awaited feature film stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman, Edwin Riding and Cillian Murphy, who reprises his role from 22.

The Oscar-winning Irish actor is expected to make a brief appearance in the film before taking on a more prominent role in director Nia DaCosta’s upcoming sequel. Producer Tom Rothman said last May:It will be there, but in a surprising way that develops throughout the films. Dan is in top form. It is a very commercial film. When a famous director directs a commercial film in his own style, it elevates the project.”

The first photos of Cillian Murphy (seen above) on the set were published on social networks. After 28 years It will be released in theaters on June 18, 2025.