Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U Information

Happy Death Day 2U is an upcoming 2019 American slasher film written and directed by Christopher Landon. It stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Suraj Sharma, and Ruby Modine. The film is a sequel to 2017's Happy Death Day, with Jason Blum again serving as a producer through his Blumhouse Productions banner. The film is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2019, by Universal Pictures.

Premise

Two years after the events of the first film, Tree Gelbman unexpectedly re-enters the time loop and becomes determined to escape it after finding out her friends are now involved. When she discovers that Lori Spengler, the original killer, has been murdered, Tree must face the new killer in order to uncover their identity and break free of the time loop once and for all.

Cast

Jessica Rothe as Theresa "Tree" Gelbman
Israel Broussard as Carter Davis
Suraj Sharma as Samar Ghosh
Sarah Yarkin as Dre Morgan
Ruby Modine as Lori Spengler
Rachel Matthews as Danielle Bouseman
Phi Vu as Ryan Phan
Steve Zissis as Dean Bronson

Production

Development

Director Christopher Landon has talked about the possibility of a sequel, focusing on why Tree went into a time loop. Jessica Rothe stated that while most horror sequels retread the original, Landon's pitch instead "elevates the movie from being a horror movie into a Back to the Future type of genre film where the sequel joins us right from where we left off, it explains a lot of things in the first one that didn't get explained, and it elevates everything."

Pre-production

On May 1, 2018, Blumhouse Productions announced that Landon would return to direct the film, with Rothe and Israel Broussard reprising their roles while Suraj Sharma and Sarah Yarkin joined the cast. The next day, it was announced that Ruby Modine would reprise her role.

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on May 14, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Release

It is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2019.