Is there going to be a Smile 3? Possibilities explored

There are certainly some possibilities of Smile 3.

Smile 2, the last installment of Smile film series was released in 2024, and the film starred Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, and many others. Going by the ending of Smile 2, there definitely lies a potential to build up the story to create a threequel.

The original Smile released in 2022, and starred Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, and Jessie T. Usher, among others. The film was a continuation of the 2020 short film, Laura Hasn't Slept, which was directed by the Smile film series helmer, Parker Finn.

Finn, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, mentions about the possibilites of further films in the Smile franchise, by saying:

"I love this idea that potential future iterations of Smile could go bigger and more off the rails and even crazier and more unhinged. But, for me, what’s important about Smile is that there is a real human, character-driven, intimate nature to the storytelling. So even if the world gets much larger, I’d want to make sure that the stories we’re telling inside of it are still quite impactful on a human level."

Let us find out more about the possibilities of Smile 3 happening.

Is Smile 3 happening? Possibilities explored

As Smile 2 ends, we witness Skye performing on the stage, with thousands of audience members watching her.

However, during that event, she encounters the horrifying entity. The creature tears open Skye's mouth and enters inside, as Skye enters a state of unconsciousness. The audience cannot see the entity. They only witness Skye passing out and gagging.

However, Skye suddenly thrusts the microphone into her eye as the horrified crowd watches. That is how Smile 2 concludes.

So, what could happen post the events of Smile 2 to potentially set up Smile 3?

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Parker Finn says there's the the possibility that the creature's next target could be in Skye's audience:

"It felt like the most horrifying thing I could possibly do was have her on stage, finally taken over by the Smile in front of 20,000 screaming fans. There's a question of, is it being live-streamed? How big could it go? It felt intoxicating to me. I loved this feeling and power of the Smile, and this idea of the commentary on celebrity platform and influence on the public. She's potentially passing this on, and the idea of, because of her platform and celebrity, how many people that can reach."

He also further talks about what Smile 2 actually stood for, and what kind of discourses is it making, by saying:

"It was an exploration of the downfall of this pop star who's unable to overcome the things that have been put upon her. What I love about the ending of this film is that I wanted to create this meta-feeling moment, where the audience in the arena is staring through the screen at the audience in the movie theater. I wanted to raise the question: Did we do this to Skye? By us coming back for a Smile 2, have we done this to her? It's all intriguing to me, this idea of "Are we complicit in this?"

About the possibility of Smile 3, the director mentions:

"We'll have to see how audiences react to Smile 2. I think that, in the way that we jump rails from Smile to Smile 2, if there were more Smile stories to tell in the future, I'd want to make sure we're doing something that feels like,"Holy s---, I can't believe this is where Smile is going." The Smile films are so character-driven; it's the reason I wanted to tell these intimate, human melodramas. I'd want to make sure that would be infused in any future Smile stories as well. There are a lot of interesting directions on where it could go. I'm staying mum on what could or could not happen, but I think it'd be really exciting."