Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes to join the cast of 28 Years Later

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later has added Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes to its casting. The film is a sequel to the classic zombie horror 28 Days Later.

First in a planned trilogy, 28 Years Later will reunite Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who directed and wrote the 2002 original starring Cillian Murphy. The Oscar winning actor will return to the sequel as executive producer.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, each film puts out a $75m budget and now grand star power – disparate form the original film’s $8 million budget.

28 Days Later told the story of a bicycle courier who came back from a coma in a post-apocalyptic UK devastated by zombies, following the outbreak of a virus. The film grossed more than $82 million worldwide and became a critical hit.

Emmy award winner Jodie Comer is best known for her role in the series Killing Eve, and will return to the silver screen this year in The Bikeriders, alongside Austin Butler and Tom Hardy.

Taylor-Johnson has three highly anticipated films premiering this year, The Fall Guy, Kraven the Hunter and Nosferatu, while Fiennes is next to star The Return and Conclave, following his recent role in Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More.