Christopher Landon discusses his new film Drop in this interview. He also discusses Happy Death Day 3, Heart Eyes, and Scream 7.
Christopher Landon’s new film Drop is a roller coaster ride from start to finish. We sat down with him to discuss it, as well as Heart Eyes and Happy Death Day 3, which was recently confirmed.
Christopher Landon Talks New Film Drop & Possible Sequel
Tessa Smith: Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar are so fantastic in Drop. What was it about them that made them perfect for these roles?
Christopher Landon: I think it comes down to just authenticity, you know? They are exactly who you think they are. And there’s just zero pretense with them. Meghann is this very emotionally intelligent person with a huge heart, and she’s fun. She’s approachable, and that’s what I wanted for Violet. I knew that I wanted everyone to really relate to this woman and to feel like, oh, I would hang out with her. And Brandon, he’s like this—there’s something about him that I feel like is a classic leading man. A lot of this casting for me was wish fulfillment in terms of who would a woman want to be on a date with? I was like, that guy. A giant, handsome guy who actually has a heart of gold. Just really feeling that chemistry between them, it was very evident early on. It was a sigh of relief, to be honest, when we started making the movie, and they were at the table. I was like, OK, this is going to work.
Tessa Smith: Would you do another Drop? Is there a way to do another Drop?
Christopher Landon: There’s definitely a way to do it. I mean, look, there’s always a way if the movie is a success, and I’m not counting any chickens here, especially original movies these days. Everybody slept on Companion. Pissed me off. But, yeah, there’s always a way. My whole rule, and a lot of people say this, but there has to be a reason for a sequel to exist. It cannot just be purely for money. If it’s a cash grab, it’s going to suck. But if it’s the filmmakers are like, I have this amazing way to continue the story, then yeah, that’s what makes it worthwhile.
Tessa Smith: Can you talk about working with the marketing team to make sure that a trailer doesn’t show too much? It is a slippery slope, but the Drop trailers do a great job of keeping things hidden.
Christopher Landon: We’re very fortunate to work with the people at Universal who are the best at this stuff. They cut a brilliant trailer, two brilliant trailers, and also created two beautiful posters. They’re both, I think, like works of art. I think it’s just about trying to find the balance of, how do we get people excited about something without spoiling it, you know? And it’s funny because usually a lot of people watch trailers, and they usually say like, oh, they show too much. But, in this case, I think it was just the right amount. We really withhold all the secrets of the movie but still make it look really fun. They did an incredible job.
Happy Death Day 3 Will Be Unlike Anything Anyone Has Seen Before
Tessa Smith: You mentioned previously that if you were to do a Happy Death Day 3, you wanted to switch things up a bit.
Christopher Landon: And we are. For sure. I mean, I think a lot of the things that people love about the movie, that it still has scares, there’s still a slasher element. But I think it approaches the time loop movie in a way that no one’s actually ever seen before. And I’ll leave it at that.
A Heart Eyes Sequel Is Not Out Of The Question
Tessa Smith: Is there a possibility of a Heart Eyes franchise? Could we get more?
Christopher Landon: It’s not my place to announce anything. But I know that there’s a desire among all of us to have another movie. But I don’t think anyone’s ready to talk about it.
Tessa Smith: Because it feels there could definitely be copycat killers.
Christopher Landon: It could be a lot of things.
Be sure to check out our full interview with Christopher Landon to learn more about Drop, Happy Death Day 3, Scream 7, and Heart Eyes.
Drop comes to theaters on April 11 and trust me, you don’t want to miss out on seeing this on the big screen.
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About Drop
A widowed mother, on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she meets her handsome date. But their chemistry begins to curdle as she begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.
Drop comes to theaters April 11.
Tessa Smith is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Film and TV Critic. On Camera personality and TV / Film Critic with 10+ years of experience in video editing, writing, editing, moderating, and hosting.