Guns 3: Alias Billy The Kid
By Christopher Ramos
So far, there have been no official announcements regarding the release date of "Guns 3: Alias Billy the Kid." Franchise star Emilio Estevez revealed in a March 2021 Collider interview that a threequel is "definitely in the works." Aside from that, however, most details regarding the long-in-the-making movie remain a closely guarded secret.
What we do know is that "Guns 3" is in the very early stages of production, and has been for some time. A January 2021 tweet from "Young Guns" writer John Fusco teased a reunion with Estevez. As of September 2021, the IMDb page for "Gun 3" seems to confirm the pair are co-writing the series' third entry together. But, because developments on "Guns 3" are so scant, it's difficult to estimate when this late-blooming third entry will hit theaters. It's all the more difficult to estimate a release date with no filming dates announced nor any news of a studio joining the project as a partner or distributor.
"Guns 3" likely won't reach a release calendar for 2023 or even 2024. In May 2023, original franchise cast member Lou Diamond Phillips (Jose Chavez y Chavez) said that preparations had come to a temporary halt. "It's in limbo right now. it was chugging along there for a minute, but then I think they got into a rights situation," he told Entertainment Weekly. "It's not dead, but it's not happening right now."
