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‘Martyrs’ Directors Join ‘Final Destination’ Creator for ‘Superstition: Final Chance’
They say death occurs in threes. But only two will direct.
Back in 2013 it was announced that Global Renaissance Entertainment Group had entered into a multi-picture production deal with Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the Final Destination franchise.
Reddick’s new slate with Global, which will feature multi-ethnic and culturally diverse casts, was said to be led off by Reddick’s screenplay Superstition: Final Chance, a horror/thriller set on a university campus.
After years in development, the film is scheduled to begin production this October in Georgia, with Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz, directors of the Martyrs remake, helming the project.
“A white-knuckle thriller that puts a wicked twist on the superstition that “deaths occur in threes,” and also comments on our addiction to social media and technology, our desensitization to violence in a society that runs on a 24-hr news cycle, and a culture that breeds isolation, paranoia – and fear. After two deaths occur on a university campus, a young co-ed (CARA) and her friends are lured into participating in The Dead Pool – an online game based on the superstition that ‘death comes in threes,’ where students place bets on who will die next. No one knows who started the game, but everyone’s playing. However, what starts as a morbid joke soon turns to terror when the person Cara ‘selected’ actually dies and Cara wins The Dead Pool. Now, THE REAPER, the mysterious creator of The Dead Pool, starts stalking Cara and her friends, killing them one by one. To make things worse, all of the clues point to Cara as the killer, making her an outcast on campus and the prime target of the…”
Superstition: Final Chance is being set up as the first in a series of pictures aimed at leveraging Reddick’s fan base from the five Final Destination movies, the original Variety article explained. CEO Arthur Wylie and chief operating officer Dale Godboldo will produce with Reddick exec producing.
Reddick’s Dead Awake has been making festival rounds this year, with a Shriekfest premiere slated for this month.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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