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Directed by | Victor Salva |
Produced by | Tom Luse |
Written by | Victor Salva |
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Music by | Bennett Salvay |
Cinematography | Don E. FauntLeRoy |
Edited by | Ed Marx |
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Distributed by | American Zoetrope (US) |
Release date
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2017 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Jeepers Creepers 3 is an upcoming 2017 American horror film written and directed by Victor Salva and the third installment in the Jeepers Creepers franchise taking place in between Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2. Jonathan Breck will reprise his role as the Creeper. Gina Philips will be returning in a cameo as her character Trish Jenner, her first time returning to the franchise since the original film. It is scheduled for a release sometime in 2017 in the United States.
The third film has been in talks even before Jeepers Creepers 2 was released back in 2003. In 2006, the movie was "announced" and was tentatively called Jeepers Creepers 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us. MGM had originally planned to release the movie direct to DVD, but was unable to find proper financing. The movie's script was written by director Victor Salva, with the new title Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral, with Gina Philips returning as Trish Jenner from the first film. For nine more years, the film faced many false starts and setbacks, with Victor Salva saying "the film has came close many times to going before the cameras, and I hope someone sees the wisdom in shooting this." Officially on September 11, 2015, the movie got the green light to start filming from Myriad Pictures, and was to begin filming in early 2016. However, before filming could begin in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadian talent agencies sent out an alert to warn others about Victor Salva's criminal past, and then the casting calls were removed which halted the production. However, producer Stan Spry assured a fan on Twitter that the movie was not cancelled. On the special edition Blu-Ray release of Jeepers Creepers 2, Victor Salva stated that he has written a new script for Jeepers Creepers 3 set between the days of Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2, where the Creeper terrorizes a farming community. Plans have changed yet again as Gina Philips is set to reprise her role as Trish in a cameo. The film's plot will in fact be set in between the first two films in the year 2001, although the original Cathedral storyline had the film take place 23 years after the first two films. Actor Stan Shaw, who plays a Sheriff in this film, confirmed to a fan on Twitter that the Cathedral storyline was scrapped as that material was more than 12 years old. In January 2017, it was confirmed the film was back in pre-production and that filming would begin in February 2017 in Louisiana, instead of Canada as originally planned. Principal photography finally began on February 15, 2017 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As of April 18, 2017, filming has been completed.