Final Destination 6: the new horror film pays a director from Marve …

The horror saga Final destination is preparing its return with a sixth film and for the occasion, New Line has hired the services of a director from Marvel.

Between new films Halloween, Scream, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin and soon Chainsaw Massacre Where Evil Dead: Rise, it is no wonder that Final destination, the cult horror saga of the 2000s, is also preparing its return.

Even if all Final destination are not equal, the five films grossed more than $ 665 million at the global box office and the last film of 2011 still grossed 157 million worldwide for just 40 million budget. As for Paranormal Activity, producers therefore remain firmly attached to the franchise and the money she can still bring back.

Death suits you so well

Announced in 2019, this new Final destination which presents itself as a kind of false reboot was held back by the pandemic, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, New Line recently hired Jon watts, the director of the trilogy Spiderman of the MCU, to produce the project.

The filmmaker still having obligations to Marvel with his film on The Fantastic Four, it is currently unlikely that he will also step behind the camera as a director. On the other hand, he imagined a treatment of the scenario which will be written by Lori Evans Taylor and Guy Busick, to whom we owe the horror film. Wedding nightmare and the last Scream.

As long as Jon Watts stays away from the camera

Jon Watts’ wife and partner Dianne McGunigle will also be a producer alongside Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor, the franchise’s producers since its inception. Jon Watts also expressed his enthusiasm in a press release:

“Dianne and I have been die-hard fans of Destination Finale from the start. So being able to participate in crafting a new story with the original team and New Line will be both fun and exciting.“

However, Death will not slaughter anyone on the big screen. The new film will be released direct on the HBO Max streaming platform at an as yet undetermined date. No cast member or director has been announced either, but now that pre-production is kicking off, the news shouldn’t be long.