Horror fans have lastly obtained the extremely anticipated information they’ve been eagerly awaiting since March: Scream 7 is formally occurring. Whereas it was anticipated that the style’s most enduringly fashionable franchise would full its present trilogy, the affirmation continues to be thrilling. Although it does imply that followers should wait even longer for the opportunity of a beloved slasher sequence reaching its third installment.
Probably the most shocking facet of the Scream 7 announcement is that the Radio Silence filmmakers, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, won’t be returning to conclude the trilogy they initiated with 2022’s Scream. As an alternative, Christopher Landon is taking up the mantle. This alternative couldn’t be extra appropriate, contemplating Landon’s background within the Paranormal Exercise films and his 4 earlier horror-comedy movies, which make him the right candidate to steer the ship for the subsequent Scream installment.
Sadly, which means that any hopes of seeing one other Comfortable Dying Day movie materialize within the close to future are unlikely. Earlier than directing Netflix’s latest We Have a Ghost and the body-swap slasher Freaky, Landon introduced us the distinctive mixture of a Groundhog Day-style time loop state of affairs and a Scream-esque whodunit slasher thriller with 2017’s Comfortable Dying Day and 2019’s Comfortable Dying Day 2U. Regardless of the success of HDD for Blumhouse, the second installment didn’t garner as a lot consideration, resulting in the halt of plans for a 3rd movie, regardless of Landon having written a therapy for it. Nonetheless, Landon, producer Jason Blum, and star Jessica Rothe have constantly expressed their curiosity in persevering with Tree Gelbman’s story since then. However with Landon now concerned in Scream, doubtlessly as a part of a number of films, it looks like there are at the moment no quick plans for an additional Comfortable Dying Day sequel.
Comfortable Dying Day revolves round its protagonist repeatedly coming again to life, so there may be nonetheless hope for the franchise. Nonetheless, for now, its loss is the Scream saga’s acquire.