Add Happy Death Day to the list of horror franchises fans are still begging to see continued. We all fell […]
Add Happy Death Day to the list of horror franchises fans are still begging to see continued.
We all fell in love with Jessica Rothe‘s Tree Gelbman, a college student who relives the day of her murder over and over until she identifies her killer.
The first film, directed by Christopher Landon, was released in 2017 by Blumhouse and Universal Pictures and grossed over $125 million worldwide; its sequel, Happy Death Day 2U (2019), grossed approximately $64 million globally.
Christopher Landon has long envisioned Happy Death Day as a trilogy, and Jessica Rothe has remained open to returning as Tree, with Landon saying in 2020, “I want it, Jessica Rothe wants it,” and Rothe saying in 2024 that Landon “has the whole thing figured out.”
Unfortunately, there has been no movement on a sequel, but Rothe remains committed and has reiterated her previous statements.
“The truth is, Chris Landon — our brilliant, fearless writer-director — he has the whole third one figured out,” Rothe tells Screen Rant.
“I think, at this point, it’s just logistics,” she continues. “All I’ll say to you and to all the fans is, whether it’s next year or when I’m 65, pulling a Jamie Lee Curtis coming back for Halloween, I will be there to finish Tree’s story.”
Rothe adds, “It’s just a matter of when they get all their ducks in a row.”
