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Next ‘Final Destination’ Remains Canon, Set in World of First Responders
While we pray to the horror gods for a new A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th, we’re already in the midst of a franchise renaissance with Halloween, and the forthcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Scream.
One franchise that’s not talked about enough is that of Final Destination, which New Line Cinema released back in 2000. In the film starring Devon Sawa, after a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Some good, some bad, and some out-of-this-world fantastic, there have been several follow-ups that have led us into the age of “remakes”. We broke the news last January that Final Destination was being retooled with Saw sequel writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan set to pen the script.
However, a new interview with franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick and producer Craig Perry reveals that it’s actually canon and takes place within the Final Destination universe.
“I think ‘reboot’ is probably too strong of a word, it makes it sound like they’re going to change everything, but it’s definitely a Final Destination movie,” Reddick told DigitalSpy with Bloody Disgusting confirming the film remains wholly canonized.
“Craig is the master of coming up with crazy openings and set pieces,” he adds. “He’s told me a couple of things that happen in this one and it’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s not going feel like cash-grab Final Destination film.”
In fact, Perry teased that the sequel will take place in the world of first responders!
“We’re toying with having it take place in the world of first responders: EMTs, firemen and police,” Perry reveals.
“These people deal with death on the front lines every day, and make choices that can cause people to live or die.”
Watch this spot for further updates as they come in.
As THR previously notes, screenwriters Melton and Dunstan are horror vets best known for penning four of the Saw movies. They were winners on season three of Project Greenlight and also wrote The Collector, The Collection and Piranha 3DD. They penned Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for CBS Films and are working with horror producers Platinum Dunes on an untitled Christmas horror project set up at Sony and The Reckoning at Paramount.
Related: Read the “X-Files” Script That Became ‘Final Destination’! (Exclusive)
Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) Alien: Romulus will be unleashed in theaters nationwide on August 16, and Entertainment Weekly brings us two new images today.
The first image you’ll find below gives us another fresh look at the film’s Xenomorph, with Alvarez promising the outlet that it’s the most H.R. Giger-faithful Xenomorph of them all.
Entertainment Weekly writes, “… Alvarez promises [the Xenomorph’s design] is closer to H.R. Giger’s original creation than any other iteration.” The late H.R. Giger was of course integral to Ridley Scott’s Alien, designing the iconic monster the franchise is centered on.
The other image you’ll find below gives us a look at two of the human characters from Alien: Romulus, Archie Renaux’s Tyler and Cailee Spaeny’s heroine Rain Carradine.
Head over to Entertainment Weekly for their full preview of the upcoming film.
Here’s the full official plot synopsis for Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, which comes in the wake of Disney reviving the Predator franchise in spectacular fashion with last year’s Prey…
“While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”
Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) leads the cast alongside Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.
Alien: Romulus takes place in between the first two films. It’s been described as “an original standalone feature,” one that “will focus on a group of young people on a distant world.”
Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). Ridley Scott is on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.
Xenomorph in ‘Alien: Romulus’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
(L-R): Archie Renaux as Tyler and Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in ‘Alien: Romulus.’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
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