Zombieland Director Targets 2029 for Double Tap Sequel With Original Cast
A decade after the original splattered onto screens, Zombieland: Double Tap finally arrived in 2019, aiming to prove this apocalypse still has bite.
Ten years between Zombieland and Zombieland: Double Tap felt like a long wait. Now we’re six years out from the sequel, and director Ruben Fleischer is aiming to keep that decade-long rhythm going. Yes, he wants a third one — timed for 2029.
"I’m hoping that we’ll do a Zombieland 3 in 2029. We’re starting to talk about that because [the first] one was 2009, and then we did the second one in 2019, and we kind of left that one all saying, 'We’ll see you in 10 years.' That’s coming up now, and so we’re starting to figure that out, so I’m hoping that’ll come together."
Why 2029 makes sense
- 2009: Zombieland introduces our rules-obsessed survivor Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), badass Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), and sisters Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin).
- 2019: Zombieland: Double Tap reunites the gang, adds Rosario Dawson as Nevada, and ends with everyone alive and back on the road.
- 2029: Fleischer wants to land the third movie as a tidy 10-year follow-up to that wink they left at the end of Double Tap.
Where the gang stands after Double Tap
By the final stretch of Double Tap, Wichita, Tallahassee, Columbus, and Little Rock are together again, rolling out in search of the next safe spot — with Nevada now in the mix thanks to Rosario Dawson. Translation: nobody got bumped off, the car still has gas, and the story sandbox is wide open. If they want to go bigger or weirder with the undead, the board is set.
Fleischer’s other obsession: a vampire Western
He’s not just circling Zombieland 3. Fleischer is also pushing a vampire-Western he pitches as "Unforgiven, if Clint Eastwood was a vampire." He calls it a bucket-list project and says the two genres he’s always wanted to tackle are a gangster picture and a Western. The hope is to finally saddle up for that Western — fangs and all — and then bring the Zombieland crew back around the end of the decade. If he pulls both off, expect a lot of dust, blood, and very pointy teeth in theaters.
Meanwhile, what’s actually out now
Fleischer’s latest, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, is in cinemas right now. If you want something to watch while the 2029 plan comes together, that’s your immediate play.