Zombieland 3 in 2029? It’s still in the pipeline
Director Ruben Fleischer still wants to make a sequel.
Fans can keep their Twinkies cold: Zombieland 3 could indeed happen. And as promised, right on track with the ten-year pace that the team had set itself.
Small reminder: released in 2009, Zombieland had dynamited the horror comedy under the direction of Ruben Fleischer, with Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as a quartet of colorful survivors. Massive success for Sony: 102.4 million dollars collected for a budget estimated at 23.6 million.
Ten years later, in 2019, the band did it again with Return to Zombieland. Same director, same cast, even more dollars in cash (125.2 million), despite a significantly higher budget (around 45 million).
Since then, the idea of producing a Zombieland every ten years is part of the team’s folklore. And with 2029 fast approaching, Ruben Fleischer confirmed to Deadline that he still believed in it.
“I hope we’ll do Zombieland 3 in 2029. We’re starting to talk about it, because the first one was in 2009, then we did the second one in 2019, and we all said, ‘See you in ten years’. Well, the ten years are coming, so we’re starting to think about it. I hope it comes to fruition.”
It should be noted that Ruben Fleischer has already successfully relaunched his other franchise led by Jesse Eisenberg, since Elusive 3 debuted at the top of the US box office this weekend.
The director is tempering, however: several projects require him. “I have a few things ready to go, we’ll see which one goes first.”he specifies.
In other words: Zombieland 3 is not guaranteed for tomorrow morning, but the will is there. See you in 2029 to find out if Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock will resume service.
