'Happy Death Day 3' May Never Come Out — But There's a Silver Lining

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It’s been five years since Happy Death Day 2U defied expectations and proved that you can get a lot of mileage out of “What if Groundhog Day was a slasher?” The first Happy Death Day was a clever, self-contained slasher, but the second managed to twist its time-loop premise into a wild sci-fi comedy with infinite potential. But sadly, that potential has never been realized, as hopes for a third Happy Death Day movie have steadily dried up.

“Will it ever happen? I don't know,” Christopher Landon tells Inverse at New York Comic-Con 2024. “I wish I had the answer.”