Christopher Landon Says Third Happy Death Day Would Have Been "An Epic Apocalyptic Adventure"

Will Theresa "Tree" Gelbman ever return for more time loop mayhem in a third Happy Death Day? 

The odds of writer-director Christopher Landon getting the opportunity close out his genre-bending slasher trilogy are still up in the air. Speaking with SYFY WIRE over Zoom to discuss his Amblin-inspired supernatural dramedy We Have a Ghost, Landon stated that the final decision rests with Universal Pictures, though he has yet to hear from them.

"I want it, [lead cast member] Jessica Rothe wants it, I believe that Blumhouse even wants it," he told us.

Everything we know about Happy Death Day 3 so far

The filmmaker went into greater detail while in conversation with /FILM, admitting there was some brief talk about continuing the story on Peacock. "Maybe one day," he mused. "The beauty of it is that my idea, the whole idea for the third movie, it is not dependent on any sort of specific window or timeframe. So I could make it any time."

As for what the trilogy topper would be about, Landon teased his ambitious vision to TheWrap: "The third movie was going to be an epic apocalyptic adventure with still elements of horror. That was not getting left behind. But yeah, we were going to change gears again and it was going to be bigger."

"I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out," Rothe told ScreenGeek this past spring. "We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row. 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.”

Created by writer Scott Lobdell, Happy Death Day places a slasher twist on the classic time loop genre. Rothe led both movies as "Tree" Gelbman, a college student and sorority sister forced to relive her murder over and over again until she can figure out the identity of the masked killer. "I do love the high-concept nature of Happy Death Day and I like that it is as fun as it is scary," Lobdell said during a 2017 interview with Morbidly Beautiful. "So hopefully we’ll see more of that [in future horror movies]. Making someone horrified is fun and making someone laugh while they are watch it is horrifying."

Landon directed the horror duology and took over as sole writer on the sequel. The two films together grossed $189 million worldwide.

Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U are now streaming on Peacock.