Sneak Peek: Happy Death Day 2U Movie

(from left) Tree (Jessica Rothe) and Carter (Israel Broussard) in “Happy Death Day 2U,” written and directed by Christopher Landon.

Release Date: February 13, 2019
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Jessica Rothe
Director: Christopher Landon
Producer: Jason Blum
Executive Producers: Angela Mancuso, John Baldecchi, Samson Mucke

JESSICA ROTHE leads the returning cast of Happy Death Day 2U, the follow-up to Blumhouse’s (Glass, Split, Get Out, The Purge series) surprise 2017 hit of riveting, repeating twists and comic turns. This time, our hero Tree Gelbman (Rothe) discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.

When last we left Tree, she saved herself from a certain death at the hands of her roommate Lori (RUBY MODINE, Showtime’s Shameless) as she kicked the psychopath out of the Kappa Nu sorority window. Tree’s never-ending birthday was FINALLY over, and she managed to start an entire new life…swearing to never repeat her old mistakes again.

Or so she thought.

No sooner has Tree said goodbye to the endless loop and begun a promising new relationship with Carter (ISRAEL BROUSSARD, The Bling Ring) than she realizes that solving the puzzle of her bizarre murder has had unintended consequences—on a scale that will send shockwaves through the multiverse.

Carter’s roommate, Ryan (PHI VU, Pitch Perfect 2), whose fascinating ability to always be in the wrong place at the wrong second, has spent his college years building a machine designed to prove that time can be slowed down to the molecular level. Alongside his fellow aspiring engineers Samar (SURAJ SHARMA, Life of Pi, Showtime’s Homeland) and Dre (SARAH YARKIN, TV’s Foursome), Ryan and team are this close to perfecting the Sisyphus Quantum Cooling Reactor (SISSY) and becoming candidates for a Nobel Prize (or blowing up Bayfield University and everyone within a 100-mile radius, whichever comes first).

When Tree wakes up to find that it’s Ryan’s meddling with the natural order that has brought havoc to every dimension, she must rally the troops—including Kappa house president Danielle (RACHEL MATTHEWS, upcoming Ms. White Light)—to get to the real source of the time jumps and fix it for good. The only problem? Tree’s stuck in a parallel version of her actual world. For good and bad, everything is slightly askew, and Tree’s wondering if she’s better off here or back in the life she has always known.

As Tree reconnects with lost family, confronts those in her past—including former fling Professor Gregory (CHARLES AITKEN, TV’s The Knick)—and faces new villains, such as

Dean Bronson (STEVE ZISSIS of HBO’s Togetherness, The House), she will realize that she is the only one keeping herself from getting home. It’s up to Tree to take the karmic lessons learned from dying 11 times yesterday to rally her inner badass and take down everyone who ever underestimated her.

Equal parts terrifying horror, unexpected comedy and time-turning adventure, the new film from returning producer JASON BLUM (Glass, Split, Get Out) and returning writer/director CHRISTOPHER LANDON (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) proves that the only person who can save the megaverse is a (reformed?) megalomaniac.

Joining Blum and Landon behind the camera are a talented group of collaborators, including returning director of photography TOBY OLIVER (Insidious: The Last Key), VFX supervisor OLIVER TAYLOR (Happy Death Day), and composer BEAR MCCREARY (10 Cloverfield Lane). New talents to the Happy Death Day family include editor BEN BAUDHUIN (Krampus), production designer BILL BOES (Incarnate) and costume designer WHITNEY ANNE ADAMS (Netflix’s Barry).

Returning executive producers JEANETTE VOLTURNO (The Purge series), COUPER SAMUELSON (Get Out), ANGELA MANCUSO (upcoming Guardian) and JOHN BALDECCHI (Point Break) are joined by SAMSON MUCKE (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse). Happy Death Day 2U is written by Landon, based on characters created by SCOTT LOBDELL.