What started as a spec script for The X-Files has morphed right into a stable little franchise that has been entertaining horror followers for greater than twenty years — and its legacy is now reportedly set to proceed. In 2000, what author Jeffrey Reddick had initially envisioned as a thriller for Fox Mulder and Dana Scully to deal with was changed into Final Destination, a supernatural horror film about a young person (Devon Sawa) who manages to cheat demise, till demise comes trying to gather.
The movie might maintain an abysmal 35 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but it surely was championed by sufficient individuals who matter — including Roger Ebert, who gave it three stars and declared it “smarter and extra unique than most DTMs” (which is Ebertspeak for Lifeless Teenager Motion pictures as a result of, sure, there have been numerous them).
Remaining Vacation spot proved widespread sufficient to spawn 4 sequels: Remaining Vacation spot 2 (2003), Remaining Vacation spot 3 (2006), the definitive-sounding The Remaining Vacation spot (2009), and Remaining Vacation spot 5 (2011).
‘FINAL DESTINATION 6’ is formally within the works at Warner Bros.
Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein are directing & Jon Watts is producing & writing the story remedy. #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/ywmzxX3kdZ
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In 2011, franchise star Tony Todd shared that if the fifth film was a hit, producers had been planning to movie the sixth and seventh entries within the collection straight away and back-to-back. However that was a dozen years in the past. Nonetheless, it seems that there’s nonetheless some life to be squeezed out of demise so far as Remaining Vacation spot is worried, because it was reportedly revealed at CinemaCon that Remaining Vacation spot 6 is formally a go at Warner Bros. with Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein sharing directing duties with a narrative from Jon Watts, who has directed all of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man films for the MCU.
The directing duo reportedly scored the gig by faking a decapitation within the midst of their Zoom pitch assembly — which is a good way to get employed to direct a horror film, however in all probability not acceptable for each job interview.
Like demise itself, extra particulars are assuredly coming.