The Blumhouse empire of horror movies has another franchise on its hands, with confirmation of a Happy Death Day sequel coming earlier this year.
Christopher Landon, the man behind the first movie, is writing and directing the second. Whether he repeats the Groundhog Day-esque horror approach of the first remains to be seen, but Landon has hinted before that he may explain what caused the time loop in the first place. His star Jessica Rothe will also be returning as Tree, the popular student who had a bad day over and over again in the original film.
The upcoming genre sequel now has a title, a release date and a secretive synopsis. Variety confirms it’ll be called Happy Death Day 2U, and be released on Valentines Day next year (that’s 14th February, 2019 to you non-heart-shaped box lovers).
Tree is likely to have an even worse time of it, from what we can gather, with the synopsis teasing she’ll find that “dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.”
Landon has also confirmed the title of the film over on Twitter, posting a cryptic reply to CinemaBlend writer Will Ashton that has us very intrigued:
“I made the sequel I wanted and I’m grateful to the folks at Blumhouse for letting me try something a little left-field.”
Hmm, what the devil are we in for?
More on Happy Death Day 2U as we get it, including an exact UK release date for you. We can’t imagine it’ll be much different to the US one, but stranger things have happened.