Stephen Lang Eyes Don’t Breathe 3 as the Blind Man’s Final Chapter

I thought we were done with the Blind Man. Stephen Lang disagrees. Nine years after Fede Alvarez dropped the mean little shocker 'Don't Breathe,' Lang says he wants one more movie to close it out properly as a trilogy. And yes, he knows the guy seemed to die last time. He is not convinced.

How we got here

• 'Don't Breathe' (2016): Alvarez directed, co-writing with Rodo Sayagues. Three small-time burglars hit the home of a reclusive blind veteran they think is sitting on a hidden fortune. Bad plan. He flips the script on them, and we learn he is not just a brutal survivor — he is keeping a young woman locked in his basement. Monster, not misunderstood.
• 'Don't Breathe 2' (2021): Written by Alvarez and Sayagues, directed by Sayagues. The sequel jumps ahead a few years, leans more action, and tries the impossible: turning the Blind Man into the lead. He is hiding out in a remote cabin and raising a girl who lost her family in a house fire. Kidnappers snatch her, forcing him back into the fray. He appears to die by the end... or does he?

So, is 'Don't Breathe 3' actually happening?

Lang told Dexerto he wants it, and he wants it to be the finale. No dates, no greenlight, but he made it sound like the core team is at least talking about where this could go. He was careful not to overpromise, but he did drop this:

'It is a way off, and it is not a certainty, but I do think we are all kind of crawling in the same direction. A lot of people would like it done within the structure of the business, so it is a question of getting it right. Really getting it just right. The first one was perfect. The second one, I think, is very, very cool. Somehow, the third one needs to tie it all up. It needs to make it truly a trilogy. So I hope it will happen. I think it will.'

Translation: they want to do it the proper studio way, not rush it, and it needs to pull the first two films together instead of feeling like a bolt-on. Also, if Lang has a say, the Blind Man is not finished yet, end of 'Part 2' be damned.

Feels like a tricky needle to thread. The first movie made the Blind Man a straight-up villain; the second tried to spin him as an antihero. A third one would have to reconcile both versions and actually earn the 'trilogy' label Lang is talking about. If Alvarez and Sayagues are indeed nudging in the same direction with him, there is a path — just not a fast one.

Would you sign up for a third round, or was the pivot in Part 2 a step too far? I am curious where the line is for people on redeeming a character who started out this rotten.