For the sake of nipping this one in the bud before it gets too out of hand, a recent rumor that was shared by several sites this week about Happy Death Day 3 being in development is unequivocally not true, franchise director Christopher Landon has let the world know today. Blumhouse, at this time, is not moving forward with a third installment.
Landon tweeted this morning, “Since I keep reading stuff about it, I’ll say it loud: THERE IS NO HAPPY DEATH DAY 3 IN DEVELOPMENT. It’s just a rumor.”
“Unless Netflix wants to pony-up and finish this trilogy, it just ain’t happening.“
Of course, this should come as no big surprise, as both Landon and Jason Blum had noted after the release of Happy Death Day 2U that a second sequel was unlikely to happen. This year’s movie grossed over $60 million on a $9 million production budget, another success story for Blumhouse but at the same time a far cry from the first film’s $125 million total.
Landon had always planned on Happy Death Day being a trilogy, and he set up the third film in the final moments of the second one. Part 3, he said, was going to be “bonkers.”
Never say never, of course, but Happy Death Day 3 is not in the works at this time.
