CinemaDanny Boyle resumes the franchise and will direct Extermination 5Director, who helms Extermination: Evolution, the first in a new trilogy, will replace Nia DaCosta (The Marvels) in the third filmBy Editorial Staff

Director of Extermination: The Evolutionnew chapter of the franchise Exterminationstarted in 2002 with Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Danny Boyle confirmed, in an interview with the magazine Empirewho will resume the reins and lead the third chapter of the new trilogy.

According to the filmmaker, he will replace Nia DaCostafrom The Legend of Candyman (2021) and The Marvels (2023), which has already shot the sequel to Extermination: The Evolutioncalled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Extermination: Temple of Bonesin free translation).

Boyle, however, warned that the closing chapter of the trilogy — still without a confirmed title or release date — should only come to fruition depending on the public’s reaction to it. Extermination: The Evolutionscheduled to debut in June.

What is the story of Extermination: The Evolution?

A synopsis of Extermination: The Evolution has not yet been released, but the first preview of the film shows the characters of Jodie Comer (Free Guy: Taking Control), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train), Ralph Fiennes (The Amazing Story of Henry Sugar) and Jack O’Connell (Back to Black) dealing with zombies in a world that has been threatened by zombies for 28 years.

The trailer even appears to reveal the character’s fate. Cillian Murphy, Jimwho in the first film woke up from a coma and discovered that a highly contagious virus, capable of bringing the dead back to life, had caused a social collapse. In one of the preview scenes, it is possible to see a zombie with physical characteristics similar to those of Jimwhich would indicate that he would not have survived the apocalypse.

When does it debut Extermination: The Evolution?

With script Alex Garland (Civil War) and direction of Danny Boyle (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), Extermination: The Evolution is a direct continuation of Extermination and completely ignores the story of the first sequel, Extermination 2released in 2007, which no longer had any connections with the first film.

The film is scheduled to hit North American theaters on June 20, 2025 and, here, Extermination: The Evolutionshould be released a little earlier, on June 19, 2025but there is nothing confirmed so far. Watch the trailer for the new film:

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with the maestro João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for Oscar 2025 and the release radar of Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:

SOURCE:Empire

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