Jeepers Creepers 3 is Happening—For Real This Time!

Are pigs flying? Has Hell frozen over? Has a fornicator survived a Friday the 13^th movie?

As a horror blogger, one of my personal crusades over the years has been battling the false believe that Jeepers Creepers 3 is “in production” or “coming soon” when, in fact, it’s been hopelessly stalled for over a decade. That trailer for Cathedral on You Tube? Some call it a “fan film”, I call it an annoying perpetuator of misinformation.

Well, it looks like my quest has ended with today’s announcement in Variety:

“Jeepers Creepers 3” is in development with production expected to launch in Vancouver early next year. Myriad Pictures announced Friday that it will finance the pic, which it’s launching international sales for at the Toronto Film Festival.

The film is being financed by cinematic heavyweight Francis Ford Copola, who’s production company American Zoetrope produced the first two films. Copola will co-produce along with Kirk Shaw and Surai Gohill’s Odyssey Media, and Stan Spry’s The Cartel. Coppola, Shaw and Spry will serve as producers and Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico will executive produce.

The folks at Bloody Disgusting were lucky enough to land an exclusive interview with the franchise’s creator Victor Salva:

“Writing and directing a new Jeepers film, the first in over a decade, is incredibly exciting. For me and I believe for Jeepers fans all over the world that have been asking for more. What will go before cameras as Jeepers Creepers 3 is a new and terrifying chapter from the Jeepers universe. We are bringing back the Creeper’s truck, and will be addressing the big questions about The Creeper: what it is, where it came from and why it does what it does. More exciting though, this will easily be the most frightening rollercoaster -ride -of- a-Jeepers film that has been made to date.”

Official Synopsis: Jeepers Creepers 3 will show events on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sargent Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.

Ok Creepers fans—it really is “official” this time. Let the celebrating commence!

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