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New Line Closing In: Potential ‘Final Destination 5’ Directors
Now that a August 26, 2011 date has been announced, New Line Cinema is moving extremely quick on Final Destination 5. With a script near completion (Eric Heisserer is doing rewrites from the set of The Thing), the studio is quickly looking to lock down a director for the 3-D sequel to the $200m worldwide hit The Final Destination. With an announcement expected by the end of next week, there are three names in the mix to bring Death back to the big screen. Read on to see who.
The fifth film will also be in 3D, and we hear that the three leading candidates to helm it are all first-time directors, but with considerable expertise in 3D and special effects, writes Vulture.
Steve Quale, a second unit and visual effects director on Avatar.
Bradley Parker, a commercials director and second unit/visual effects director on Matt Reeves’ (Cloverfield) forthcoming film Let Me In.
Charles Gibson, the second unit/visual effects director on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
We had also heard that Automaton Transfusion and Scream of the Banshee director Steven C. Miller was in the running.
New Line Cinema is looking to “revive” the franchise and put a new spin on it. Could Heisserer, who penned A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing, have what it takes? We’ll find out soon.
Who would you choose to direct the next Final Destination?
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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