Should you’re something like me, you’ve been quietly rooting for the long-rumored Pleased Dying Day 3 to materialize lastly. Sadly, it’s been radio silence for some time, leaving followers questioning if Tree Gelbman’s story is caught in its personal growth time loop, and it would by no means hit the upcoming horror motion pictures schedule. In response to writer-director Christopher Landon, it appears to be like just like the trilogy could by no means attain the end line—and to make issues worse, he simply revealed that they virtually pulled the set off on a fairly intriguing model of the sequel that has me feeling severe FOMO.
In an interview with SFX Journal (our sister web site), Landon admitted he was able to get the third movie off the bottom years in the past however by no means obtained the official inexperienced gentle. As he tells it:
I did not write the script as a result of I by no means need to depend my chickens and get forward of myself. However I used to be able to go and begin scripting this, however then it was kind of like, it was bizarre.
That weirdness, it seems, concerned some back-and-forth behind the scenes. Landon revealed that at one level, Common and Blumhouse toyed with turning Pleased Dying Day 3 right into a restricted occasion collection for anybody with a Peacock subscription. The filmmaker continued:
We had a number of matches and spurts by way of perhaps we’ll do it. At one level they talked about it changing into a three-part occasion factor for [streaming service] Peacock, which was sort of bizarre. I used to be like, ‘Alriiiiiight! No matter it takes.’ However then it went away and that was the final we ever heard of it – which was years in the past.
Sure, you learn that proper: as an alternative of a theatrical trilogy capper, there was discuss of increasing it right into a three-part streaming occasion. As a fan, listening to that’s like realizing you had been one timeline away from seeing a totally fleshed-out, episodic model of Tree’s subsequent chaotic, time-warped nightmare.
For longtime followers, that’s the true intestine punch. Landon confirmed what many have speculated: regardless of the movies being financially profitable (albeit the sequel underperforming expectations) and fan-loved, nobody is pulling the set off. The irritating half? He’s simply as puzzled as we’re, revealing:
It has been an fascinating journey as a result of each motion pictures had been financially very profitable, so I believe it is left us and a number of followers scratching their heads as to why we weren’t allowed to make a 3rd. However I do not management the purse strings, I do not name these pictures. That is fully as much as Blumhouse and Common, if they’ve an urge for food or curiosity in it.
To recap: a 3rd Pleased Dying Day wasn’t simply idly mentioned — there was momentum, concepts (together with a proposed crossover with Freaky), and even early talks about reworking it right into a multi-part streaming occasion. After which? Nothing. Silence. So, yeah, in a bizarre approach, it appears like we missed out on one thing, and I hate that for us.
Whereas Landon hasn’t closed the door fully, the truth that it’s been years since these conversations came about doesn’t precisely encourage confidence. Nonetheless, there could be hope contemplating Blumhouse’s behavior of reviving fan-favorite properties ( you, Halloween & The Exorcist). For now, we will solely dream about what may have been and the way loopy a streaming trilogy may’ve been and marvel if Tree will ever get yet one more shot at breaking the loop.