How do you top a kitchen fight? As of late 2025, The Raid 3 remains officially “in development.” Gareth Evans has confirmed the script is finished and that Iko Uwais is attached to return. But Evans is currently locked into directing Havoc and a historical thriller set in Japan.
TBD (Optimistic guess: 2027)
“It’s not going to be The Raid 3 as a continuation of that linear story,” Evans told Empire magazine. “It’s going to be a much larger, much more psychological film.” raid 3 movie
The wait is agonizing, but perhaps necessary. Evans is not a director who repeats himself. If Raid 3 arrives simply as “more of the same,” it will fail. To justify its existence, it must evolve. How do you top a kitchen fight
Evans famously stated he wanted to take a break from the relentless brutality to avoid burning out. He directed the cult horror film Apostle (2018) and the sprawling crime series Gangs of London (2020). Meanwhile, star Iko Uwais became a global martial arts icon, appearing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Expendables 4 . TBD (Optimistic guess: 2027) “It’s not going to
It was a perfect, tragic ending. And then—nothing.
Because in a Hollywood dominated by green screens and digital doubles, the promise of The Raid 3 is the promise of real flesh, real sweat, and real steel. Some fights are worth the wait.