‘Happy Death Day’s Jessica Rothe Says She & Christopher Landon “Broke The Third Movie,” Waiting For Universal, Blumhouse To Fund — SkimNews
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- Jessica Rothe announced at Deadline's TIFF Studio that she and Christopher Landon have "broken the whole story" for a potential Happy Death Day 3
- Rothe said she and Landon developed the third film's script at a Le Pain Quotidien located between their homes
- Universal and Blumhouse now hold the deciding vote on whether to greenlight and fund the third film
- Happy Death Day 2U (2019), written and directed by Landon, expanded the franchise with a parallel-universe and time-travel element
- The original Happy Death Day (2017), written by Scott Lobdell and directed by Landon, cast Rothe as murdered college student Tree Gelbman trapped in a repeating day
- Rothe currently stars as Carla in director Joshua Giuliano's slasher River alongside Jane Levy, Max Mattern, and Dane DiLiegro
Why it matters: With the full story already broken by franchise architect Landon and returning star Rothe, Universal and Blumhouse have a ready creative blueprint that lowers the development risk. The decision now sits entirely with the two studios on whether to fund Rothe's return as Tree Gelbman.
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