The long-awaited latest instalment in the Final Destination series is confirmed for a 2025 release.
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Per Variety, Final Destination: Bloodlines will arrive in cinemas on May 16, 2025 – 14 years after the release of its previous instalment, Final Destination 5.
The film will be directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, who were responsible for the 2018 indie thriller Freaks. No plot details have been made available yet.
The Final Destination franchise usually features a new cast of characters in each film, with the commonality of a looming, unseen threat that causes their gruesome deaths – its teen protagonists are haunted by premonitions of such deaths, and these films usually chart their often perilous journey to prevent these disasters from happening.
In 2022, Lipovsky and Stein spoke about their ambitious pitch to the franchise’s producers, which involved faking their own deaths during a Zoom call.
The pair got the job after what was called “the Zoom call to end all Zoom calls”, describing an incident in which the pair took the meeting with a burning fireplace behind them.
From L-R: Ali Larter, Devon Sawa and Karr Smith in 1999’s ‘Final Destination. CREDIT: Getty Images
The publication explains that once the meeting finished, the mantel behind Lipovsky and Stein began to burn, before the pair extinguished the flames.
But then tragedy seemed to strike as attendees on the call heard a creak, after which a ceiling fan broke loose from the ceiling and decapitated one of the filmmakers. At this point, the producers realised it was a staged joke.
“The bit, using a combination of prerecorded footage and visual effects, had transitioned seamlessly and showed their unabashed enthusiasm,” the report reads. “It was, to all involved, the cherry on top.”
In 2023, Bloody Disgusting reported that franchise regular Tony Todd is set to star in the upcoming film. However, this has not been confirmed by the franchise’s studio. Todd died earlier this year at age 69.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed in March that the cast will comprise entirely new names, such as Brec Bassinger (Stargirl), Teo Briones (Chucky) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (Dear Evan Hansen).
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