HAPPY DEATH DAY and HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U writer/director Christopher Landon has said he always imagined the franchise as a trilogy, and that he has a "really bonkers, fun idea" for HAPPY DEATH DAY 3. Franchise star Jessica Rothe has said she's down to return as lead character Tree, even if it takes decades for a third film to get made. The problem is, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U had an underwhelming run at the box office, which led producer Jason Blum to say that another sequel is "not very likely, but not impossible".
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Blum said there's "nothing official" when it comes to HAPPY DEATH DAY 3 at this point, but he hasn't just let it die.
Let me tell you, I'm working overtime on it. Believe me. I'm trying."
While I would have been fine if HAPPY DEATH DAY had just remained a standalone film that had no explanation for why Tree got caught in a time loop, a fun slasher twist on the GROUNDHOG DAY concept of "keep living it until you get it right", I did enjoy the sci-fi answers HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U brought to the table, and would gladly watch a third film.
The first two films tell the following stories:
In Happy Death Day, Teresa "Tree" Gelbman's birthday is the worst day of her life, starting when she wakes up in a stranger's bed. It's also the last day of her life, ending when she's killed by a psychotic killer with a knife. She's dead. And then she wakes up in a stranger's bed, it's September 18, and she has to live it all over again . . . until she's hunted down and wakes up, again, and again. It's a Groundhog Day situation, only with murder, guns, and mean girls, and Tree's only shot at living to see the next day is to relive the day of her murder, over and over, until she discovers her killer's identity.
Happy Death Day 2U picks up the story without missing a beat. Tree Gelbman thought she'd finally lived to see a brand-new day. But when she wakes up on her same birthday and an all-new psychopath in a mask is out to kill her and her friends, she's going to find out that all the rules have changed. Death makes a killer comeback.
You can buy HAPPY DEATH DAY on Blu-ray HERE, and HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U on Blu-ray HERE.
