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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Spectral’ Yanked From August Release
The sci-fi action thriller Spectral has been pulled from it’s August release without warning. The film, which has been done for over a year, was scheduled to come out on the 12th but Universal and Legendary Pictures have decided that it’s not a good time, for reasons unknown. No new date has been announced either, according to THR.
Directed by Nic Mathieu and starring James Badge Dale (World War Z), Max Martini (Pacific Rim), Emily Mortimer (Shutter Island), and Bruce Greenwood (Super 8), the film follows, “…a special ops team who battle supernatural entities taking over a European city.” The film is being likened to Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, only with ghosts and supernatural entities. (Personal note: That sounds fucking awesome.)
Right now, Legendary is dealing with a very lackluster US response to Warcraft, which has been doing incredibly well overseas, especially in China. The movie is going to need to earn nearly $500 million in order to break even for all parties involved. As of now, it’s at $300+ million worldwide, but less than 10% of that is from the US.
It’s not sure if these two events are somehow related.
It’s now been five years since the release of sequel Happy Death Day 2U, Christopher Landon’s sequel to the Groundhog Day-style slasher movie from 2017. Both films star Jessica Rothe as final girl Tree Gelbman, and director Christopher Landon had been planning on bringing the character – and the actor – back for a third installment. So… where is it?!
We’ve been talking about a potential Happy Death Day 3 for several years now, with the ball in producer Jason Blum’s court. Happy Death Day 2U scared up $64 million at the worldwide box office, a far cry from the first film’s $125 million. But with a reported production budget of just $9 million, that first sequel was profitable for Blumhouse. So again… where is it?!
Chatting with Screen Geek this week while promoting her new action-thriller Boy Kills World, franchise star Jessica Rothe provided a hopeful update on Happy Death Day 3.
“Well, I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out,” Rothe explains. “We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row.
Rothe continues in her comments to Screen Geek, “But my fingers are so crossed. I think Tree [Gelbman] deserves her third and final chapter to bring that incredible character and franchise to a close or a new beginning.”
Back in 2020, Christopher Landon had revealed that the working title for the third installment was Happy Death Day to Us, said to be “different than the other two films.”
In the meantime, Christopher Landon is directing a mysterious thriller titled Drop for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes, along with a werewolf movie titled Big Bad for Lionsgate.
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