‘From tower’s fall, fate’s call.’
Final Destination: Bloodlines is a forthcoming supernatural horror film. It is the sixth instalment and a reboot of the Final Destination franchise.
Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks, 2018) are directing the new entry in the long-running franchise from a screenplay written by Guy Busick (Scream, 2022; Ready or Not) and Lori Evans Taylor (Wicked Wicked Games).
Plot:
Just as she’s about to leave home for college, eighteen-year-old Stefani, who’s been having horrific nightmares about dying in a tower accident in the 1960s, discovers that her dream is a premonition that happened to her grandmother, Esther, who thwarted death fifty years ago but is now running out of time.
Stefani learns that though her grandmother thwarted Death (until she died in her eighties), Death has been going after the would-have-been victims of that long-ago catastrophe, killing them off and then going after their children. Stefani and her family realise that their bloodline isn’t safe from Death, who will take them violently and gruesomely, in order, unless someone like Stefani figures out a way to stop it.
Co-producer Craig Perry commented on social media: “After a long, hard slog through the pandemic and the strikes, Day One is finally in the can. 2025 will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the first instalment in the franchise. To honour the occasion with another worldwide theatrical release (in IMAX, no less) is a rare and wonderful thing. See you next year! PS: I know, I know — Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. But this is the title we’ve had for three years, and we’re keeping it… for now.”
Production:
Principal photography has begun in Vancouver, Canada, and is set to conclude on May 13, 2024.
Background:
On September 23, 2022, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein were officially announced as co-directors for the project. The directing duo are passionate fans of the franchise and even went so far as to orchestrate a death scene during their Zoom pitch meeting to the studio, using a combination of pre-recorded footage and visual effects, involving a fire and malfunctioning spinning ceiling fan, which broke from the ceiling and decapitated one of the filmmakers. Those involved in the meeting, including executives and producers, erupted into laughter.
Original title:
Final Destination 6
