Cillian Murphy does not seem to be ready to get off the headlines any time soon. No one is complaining; his fans are more than eager to get their hands on whatever they can learn about the actor and his past or forthcoming projects. Oppenheimer is his most recent collaboration with the 21st century’s leading filmmaker- Christopher Nolan. The movie has not only garnered praise for the actor but also effectively put him in the spotlight.
Not so long ago, Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer started a trend on the internet along with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Luckily for his fans, he already has one film lined up for release, and the announcement of the sequel to another of his movies has been made. However, there is a piece of news that his fans are understandably not taking too well.
Cillian Murphy’s Fans Are Heartbroken about the New Update on 28 Days Later
Cillian Murphy is one of those Irish actors who have successfully established themselves as Hollywood actors. His breakthrough came with the movie 28 Days Later, which turned out to be a sleeper hit. Released in 2002, the post-apocalyptic horror movie followed a pandemic survivor named Jim, who is confused upon finding himself alone after waking up from a coma in London.
Murphy, who considered the movie to be deeper than a zombie or horror film, was surprised by the movie’s success. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 8th Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards.
As fate would have it, more than two decades later, the movie is getting a sequel. This brought it to the attention of Murphy’s fans, who might have missed watching it or wanted to refresh their memories. Unfortunately, they can no longer find it on streamers like Hulu or Disney Star (for Canada) anymore (via JoBlo). Additionally, the Blu-Ray is currently out of print.
This has led to fans’ disappointment, and they have not refrained from expressing it on X, as one of them wrote:
“We’re slowly going back to the pirating days that sparked the streaming era in the first place.”
We’re slowly going back to the pirating days that sparked the streaming era in the first place.
Pretty soon we’ll all be switching from streaming to cable too the way these services are bundling their companies together.
History repeats itself every 20-30 years.
— PIERRE KING (@heypierreking) February 17, 2024
Here is what some other fans had to say:
This is genuinely sad…
— Macaiyla (@macaiyla) February 17, 2024
piracy still has a copy
— DANNYonPC (@DANNYonPC) February 17, 2024
This is depressing
— Truly Pete (72%)👽 🔜 Some Rave Eventually (@AStateofPete) February 17, 2024
Movies2watch 👀
Srsly streaming services slowly forcing ppl back to piracy
— Thethiccart 🔞 (@Thethiccart) February 18, 2024
The disappointment is understandable considering 28 Days Later is considered one of the best horror movies to date, and streaming services taking the movie down without notice is not in the favour of the subscribers.
Cillian Murphy on the Sequel of 28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later, a sequel to 28 Days Later was released in 2007. However, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland were only attached to the 2007 movie as executive producers. Boyle will be directing the sequel 28 Years Later with Garland attached to write.
When asked if Cillian Murphy will be reprising his role as Jim in the upcoming movie, he told Variety:
“I can’t give much more at this point. But I’ve always said I would love to be involved because that movie changed everything for me and I have I have great affection for it and for those guys Alex [Garland] and Danny [Boyle]. I never watch my own films, except that one. It’s always on around Halloween and during the pandemic people were constantly sending me clips.”
Murphy went on to say that he has even shown the movies to his kids. He had discussed it with Boyle and Garland back in 2022. However, no official announcement of his involvement has been made yet.
