It’s Official: Happy Death Day 3 Is Moving Forward! Actress Jessica Rothe Drops the Bombshell!

Happy Death Day 3 Rises from the Grave: Jessica Rothe Confirms Sequel Is Finally Moving Forward

Well, well, well - look who’s finally coming back from the dead (again). After what felt like an eternity of radio silence and non-committal teases, Happy Death Day 3 is officially back on the slab and kicking into gear. Franchise queen Jessica Rothe herself dropped the bombshell at a recent double feature screening of the first two films, announcing that the long-teased third chapter is now “moving forward” which was re-confimed by Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon on-stage at American Cinemathesque - just a few short days ago.

Cue the horror-comedy fandom losing their collective minds.

It’s been a wild six-year wait since Happy Death Day 2U hit screens, and let’s be honest — fans have been left screaming into the void, wondering why this box office darling of a franchise had been left to gather dust. Sure, there were whispers. Rumblings. Even franchise mastermind Christopher Landon let slip that Universal and Blumhouse toyed with the idea of turning the third film into a Peacock miniseries. Spoiler alert: that one never got out of the development graveyard.

But now? Now there’s life in the corpse.

Let’s not forget - way back in 2020, Landon teased that the working title for the third instalment was Happy Death Day to Us (yep, we love a good pun). He even hinted it would take a fresh detour from the previous films, promising something “different” while still keeping the signature chaos we’ve come to expect.

Back then, Rothe told Coming Soon:

“I would love if we had the opportunity to complete the trilogy.

“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.

“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.”

It's still early days but we'll be keeping an eye on Happy Death Day 3 as it hits pre and post-production. That's it for now.