The new Final Destination movie found its directors in Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein after they delivered a deadly Zoom pitch that proved they were the right people for the job.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lipovsky and Stein, the filmmaking duo behind the 2018 sci-fi thriller Freaks, were already in the running for the Final Destination directing gig but ultimately sealed their fate when they jumped on a final Zoom pitch with New Line execs and producers. The pair created quite a scene to ensure they were the frontrunners after the meeting faded to black.
Towards the end of the call, the fireplace situated behind Lipovsky and Stein became engulfed in flames and the mantel began burning, putting an urgent pause on proceedings. The filmmakers quickly extinguished the blaze, much to the relief of the other meeting participants, but the chaos continued when an overhead ceiling fan came crashing down and decapitated one of the directors.
The tension in the air was immediately lifted as the execs and producers realized that Lipovsky and Stein had pulled a stunt. The filmmakers reportedly used a combination of pre-recorded footage and visual effects to create the action-packed scene, which elicited laughs from the crowd and secured their places in the directors' seats for Final Destination 6, as it's currently known.
Plot details for the Final Destination reboot are seemingly being kept under the cloak of the Grim Reaper, but it is understood that the sixth movie will follow a similar formula to the other films in the franchise, wherein a group of people cheat death and then death comes back to claim them by using any means possible, resulting in some very elaborate and unexpected death sequences.
Guy Busick, who worked on the screenplay for the latest Scream film installment, is said to be in charge of the script along with Lori Evans Taylor. Jon Watts is producing the picture after also writing the treatment for the relaunch. He is being joined by his wife and manager, Dianna McGunigle, who is serving as a producer alongside Final Destination franchise veterans Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan.
Final Destination first terrified audiences back in 2000. Four sequels followed that initial movie, with each new installment focusing on a different group of characters being pursued by Death. The franchise has earned over $655 million at the global box office, making it a huge commercial success, but Perry previously assured fans that the sixth overall entry wouldn't feel like a "cash-grab."
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