Just one week after yet another non-update on the status of Happy Death Day 3, franchise star Jessica Rothe announced at a double feature screening of the first two movies that the long-awaited third installment in the horror-comedy franchise is now “moving forward”!
“The third movie is moving forward,” Jessica Rothe said on stage at the American Cinematheque last night, with Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon by her side.
Landon himself added, “It is moving forward.”
It’s been six years since the release of Happy Death Day 2U, with fans spending these past six years wondering why the financially successful franchise hasn’t yet made its return. Landon recently revealed that Universal and Blumhouse at one point considered doing a third installment as a three-part miniseries for Peacock, which of course didn’t end up happening.
Sign up for THE WEEKLY BUZZ to get horror news delivered direct to your inbox!
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.”
“I would love if we had the opportunity to complete the trilogy,” Rothe told Coming Soon back in 2020. “I know that Chris has it all mapped out in his genius brain, but I also know that we only want to complete it if we get to do it right. I think it’s just a question of seeing if the opportunity for that exists in the world.”
Rothe continued, “But the funny thing is I have a feeling whether it’s now or in five years or ten or twenty, if we pull a Jamie Lee Curtis from ‘Halloween’ and Tree comes back as a badass 50-year-old, I know that we will get to tell the rest of the story. I love Tree, I love that character so much and I feel very, very grateful to have been a part of that.”
We assume the status of Happy Death Day 3 at this time is in the earliest of stages, but this is the first time the project has been given any sort of green light. Stay tuned for more!
Meanwhile, Christopher Landon’s new thriller Drop will release in theaters on April 11.
Such a fun night revisiting this. And having Jessica Rothe and Rachel Matthews there was the icing on the birthday cake. More to come…👶🏻🔪 pic.twitter.com/IK2ZKSBZz7
— christopher landon (@creetureshow) April 6, 2025
Jessica Rothe and Christopher Landon just confirmed that Happy Death Day 3 is going forward at a double feature screening of the first two movies. pic.twitter.com/Qvmq5AZXxo
— Hunter Bolding (@HunterBVideo) April 6, 2025