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‘Freaky Death Day’: Jessica Rothe is Down for a ‘Happy Death Day’ and ‘Freaky’ Crossover Movie

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The ball is in your court, Blumhouse.

There may be no actual connections between the two but there’s no denying that Christopher Landon‘s horror-comedy slasher movies Happy Death Day and Freaky both seem to exist within the very same universe. They have incredibly similar sensibilities, at the very least, which has led many fans to wonder if there’s any crossover potential there down the road.

Some, including Creepy Duck Design, have even made faux “Freaky Death Day” posters!

A crossover project is nothing more than a fan-made fantasy at this point in time, to be clear, but it’s gained enough steam that Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe was asked about it in a new interview with THR. And for what it’s worth, she seems to be on board.

Rothe told the site, “I think that’s totally the way to go because, as you said, [Kathryn Newton’s character in Freaky] embodies so much strength, power and twisted badass-ness in that role. I was so lucky to get to see it on opening weekend, and it has such fun, wild performances from both Kathryn and Vince [Vaughn]. So I agree with you that it totally needs to be a showdown of Tree versus Millie. And maybe Vince can make a cameo as a scream queen because he gave us scream queens a run for our money. He did a really good job.”

Freaky is now available on VOD, with no sequel talks at this time. As for the Happy Death Day franchise, we’ll never say never but a third film doesn’t appear to be in the cards.

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Thrill Ride’ – Ryuhei Kitamura’s New Thriller Traps People Upside Down on a Roller Coaster!

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Pictured: 'Final Destination 3'

If you want to watch a fun movie, watch a Ryuhei Kitamura movie. Whether it’s 2000’s Versus, 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train or 2022’s underseen The Price We Pay, Kitamura always knows how to deliver a wild and crazy good time.

Up next from Ryuhei Kitamura? Deadline reports that he’ll be directing Thrill Ride, which sounds a bit like the best parts of Final Destination 3… expanded into a feature film!

Deadline details, “the English-language film will tell the story of a group of people, including two young women, who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.”

Film Bridge International is launching the project for sales ahead of the Cannes market.

Chad Law and Christopher Jolley wrote the screenplay.

“Thrill Ride is exactly the type of high-concept based thriller that our customers are looking for in the marketplace,” said Film Bridge’s Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra. “With Ryuhei at the helm, we know his vision and execution will deliver thrills of the highest quality.”

“As a hardcore rollercoaster fan since I was young, I immediately fell in love with this script filled with suspense, action, crazy ups and downs, turns, loops, and corkscrews at maximum speed,” adds Kitamura. “I can’t wait to get on a ride and bring life to the wildest rollercoaster imaginable.”

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