‘Happy Death Day 3’ Chatter Goes in Circles

March 27, 2026 Dread Central

Add Happy Death Day to the list of horror franchises fans are still begging to see continued.

We all fell in love with Jessica Rothe‘s Tree Gelbman, a college student who relives the day of her murder over and over until she identifies her killer.

The first film, directed by Christopher Landon, was released in 2017 by Blumhouse and Universal Pictures and grossed over $125 million worldwide; its sequel, Happy Death Day 2U (2019), grossed approximately $64 million globally.

Christopher Landon has long envisioned Happy Death Day as a trilogy, and Jessica Rothe...