It’s been 10 years since the release of director Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe, which reunited the filmmaker with his Evil Dead star Jane Levy. Stephen Lang also starred as visually impaired Navy SEAL veteran Norman Nordstrom — better known as The Blind Man — in both that first movie and its 2021 sequel, transforming from villain to antihero in the process.
Jane Levy did not return for Don’t Breathe 2, unfortunately, with most fans agreeing that the sequel took the franchise down a strange new path. It sounds like the upcoming Don’t Breathe 3 will be a course correction, with both Stephen Lang and Jane Levy confirmed to return.
Fede Alvarez announced on stage during a Beyond Fest Q&A over the weekend that “there’s a screenplay for Don’t Breathe 3,” and both Levy and Lang will be returning for the third film!
Directed by Fede Alvarez, Don’t Breathe was released in 2016. Don’t Breathe co-writer Rodo Sayagues stepped into the director’s chair for Don’t Breathe 2 in 2021.
Rodo Sayagues recently hinted at the possibility of a Don’t Breathe 3 involving Rocky, Jane Levy‘s character from the original film, while promoting the second installment.
“I think stories are never wrapped. If something is true about the first movie, is that there’s no closure on both ends,” he told ComicBook.com. “There was no closure for the story of Norman and there’s no closure for the story of Rocky. They both got away with a crime, both of them.”
He added, “Rocky stole a lot of money. And also, she let him get away with it. She could have called the police and [said], ‘Look, this guy has a dead girl in the cellar,’ and she did not. So both of them have a past that will haunt them. I think we’re going after the Blind Man first.”
As noted above, Don’t Breathe 2 continued the story of the Blind Man, while the whereabouts of Jane Levy’s Rocky have remained unknown. Stay tuned for more on Don’t Breathe 3.
