Posted by Jonathan Klotz | Published
When Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury appeared after the credits of The Man of Steel it was a time when entertainment changed forever. Every film was supposed to be part of a larger universe, each one teasing that the next one would be bigger and better. The natural result of this trend has been studios shooting multiple movies in a row and planning from the start that, regardless of how the audience reacts, this will be another blockbuster movie tie-in.
Long awaited After 28 years rushed forward in both styles, ended with a tease of the second film in the trilogy, and then 28 years later: The Bone Temple it fell apart months later when confused audiences rejected it as too much, too fast, and too confusing.
Bone Temple Doesn’t Feel Like Next
28 years later: The Bone Temple it takes there After 28 years leaves closed and devotes all of its working time to Spike (Alfie Williams) and the Jimmys, an anonymous gang based on British personality Jimmy Saville (in the film’s timeline, Saville’s sex crimes were never revealed). The film itself is a good entry into the franchise by keeping the focus of the story tight on the team, which starts off bigger than you’d expect for a horror film, but quickly turns darker. It culminates in a reverse sequence set to Iron Maiden The number of the beast that proves Ralph Fiennes can do anything. The problem is not with the film, Temple of Bones it’s worth watching, but the problem comes from Hollywood’s penchant for milking every aspect of every successful movie before anyone knows if it’s a hit or not.
Thanks to everyone involved, After 28 years was the biggest hit of the summer of 2025. It would have been difficult for a sequence that had already been filmed and edited if the original film had crashed and burned. Unfortunately, the summer of 2025 was a few months ago, and the general audience didn’t think about it 28 years later: The Bone Temple there was another sequel only six months later. Hollywood’s “everything is a franchise” hubris finally caught on, and the result was a truly unique horror film that earned little cash internally. Tron: Ares.
2 Fast 2 Furious It’s a silly name for a movie, but it makes it clear that it’s a sequel. M3GAN 2.0 it was another disaster, but 2 is there. Temple of Bones it doesn’t mean it’s a sequel, especially since the Bone Temple itself was a big part of the first film. It feels like the director’s version of the original film.
Fans Have Rejected Jimmy’s Gang Over The Past Months
Working against 28 years later: The Bone Temple the first appearance of the Jimmys at the end of the first film. Watching a group of colorful tracksuit-clad survivors tear apart a virus like the post-apocalyptic Power Rangers was such a departure from the film’s overall meditation on grief and death that it quickly turned off a portion of the film’s fans. Which is sad, because the cast and crew had a three-week break between wrapping one film and starting another back in 2024, long before the public’s reaction to the wild twist.
28 years later: The Bone Temple it earned $13 million domestically in its opening weekend and a total of $46 million, which isn’t bad, but it’s still far behind. After 28 years. An estimated budget of $68 million means that director Nia DaCosta is tracking Miracles it will also bring in a decent amount for most films, but the budget kills it. Once again, the talented DaCosta struggled to bring the studio’s vision to life, regardless of what the fans said they wanted.
Temple of Bones inefficiencies won’t stop studios from deliberately stretching stories into multiple movies, and it won’t stop the trend of shooting movies back-to-back before anyone knows what fans will latch on to. 28 years later: The Bone Temple it ends with another tease for the third, and hopefully, final film. Years of Marvel post-credits teases that went nowhere didn’t leave audiences waiting for every movie to promise a bigger, better sequel; the opposite has been done, now the audience is bawling their eyes out in disgust. Studios need to cut their losses and get back to focusing on telling one great story before other fan favorite franchises become victims.
