On the heels of their hiring, new details about Final Destination 6 directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein reveal their perfect pitch to get the job. Created by Jeffrey Reddick and based on a script not picked up for The X-Files, the horror franchise revolves around a protagonist who has a premonition of their violent death and saves themselves and a group of people. The Final Destination films then see the survivors picked off one by one by an unseen force generally assumed to be Death making up for their attempts to escape fate.
Currently spanning five movies, the Final Destination franchise has seen a range of critical reception, with praise generally directed towards the innovative death sequences while the writing and characters have largely seen mixed reviews. Having grossed over $666 million against its combined $154 million production budgets, many expected the franchise to keep going, only for New Line Cinema to let it remain dormant after Final Destination 5, in spite of its seeing the best reviews and second-best box office returns. Word of a Final Destination 6 began swirling in 2019, with initial reports calling it a "re-imagining" of the franchise, and now fans of the series have a reason to feel confident for its return.
This past week brought the news from The Hollywood Reporter that Final Destination 6 had founds its directors in Freaks duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein. Included in the report was details of their perfect pitch to get the job, in which they faked their deaths on a Zoom call with producers for the film, quickly assuring their confidence in hiring the two. See the pitch details below:
Lipovsky and Stein rose to the top thanks to their ideas and passion for the Final Destination brand. According to sources, the duo were already in line to get the gig when one final Zoom pitch meeting became what some in Hollywood called the Zoom call to end all Zoom calls. The duo made their pitch to New Line execs and producers together, with a burning fireplace behind them. As they wrapped up the meeting, the fire came alive, and the mantel began burning. The filmmakers stopped and, after a tense moment, quickly extinguished the flames. As they sat down, everyone relieved the accident had passed, a wrenching creak was heard and suddenly, the whizzing ceiling fan broke off and flew down, decapitating one of the filmmakers. The execs and producers went from concern to all-out laughter. The bit, using a combination of prerecorded footage and visual effects, had transitioned seamlessly and showed their unabashed enthusiasm. It was, to all involved, the cherry on top.
Final Destination 6 Directors' Pitch Is Promising Sign For The Movie
The Final Destination 6 directors' elaborate pitch goes a long way to establishing Lipovsky and Stein's promise in helming the new film. In taking their love for the horror franchise a step further when pitching themselves to New Line executives for the job, they not only clearly care about getting it right, but also to deliver something both themselves and fans of the Final Destination franchise will enjoy. Additionally, with the Final Destination 6 directors' last effort in the genre, Freaks, having scored widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, anticipation should begin to build for the next installment.
Even outside Lipovsky and Stein, the behind-the-scenes crew of Final Destination 6 hold a lot of promise for the new horror movie. Jon Watts, known for his genre work with 2016's Clown, is attached to produce while the Freaks directors are working off a script from Guy Busick, one of the minds behind this year's hit Scream sequel, and Lori Evans Taylor in her first major feature. While audiences await new details on Final Destination 6, they can catch up with the first five movies streaming on Starz now.
Source: THR