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‘Boyfriend’ – ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer Steven Schneider Sets Up His Next Genre Movie
Producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) is headed back into the genre arena with Boyfriend, a film being directed by Anne Hamilton (American Fable).
Deadline reports today, ” Real Estate mogul Doval Bacall is set to finance producer Steven Schneider’s next feature film Boyfriend as his first significant entertainment deal.”
Marlon Chapman wrote the original screenplay.
Deadline details, “The movie tells the story of an intrepid young woman who, obsessed with finding her sister’s abductor, fashions herself into his next victim to uncover the truth.”
“I am honored to get to work with Steven on this very commercial feature with someone who has mastered a very lucrative genre,” Doval Bacall said in a statement.
Producers on the project will also include Paul Coy Allen of Midas Entertainment, with executive producers including Shelley Browning (Magnolia) and Stuart Manashil (Novo).
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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