they wanted to talk to me and just kind of get some insights into what I thought was crucial to the Final Destination franchise and some ideas and stuff like that. 'And I did actually speak to the screenwriters.

I call 'the godfather of the project' – he's always kept me in the loop of what's going on,' Reddick said. Speaking to Dread Central, Jeffrey Reddick - who created the concept for the first film in 2000 and co-wrote both Final Destination and Final Destination 2 - noted that while he's not involved in the upcoming revival of the franchise, he has been in touch with both longtime producer Craig Perry and screenwriters Lori Evans Taylor and Guy Busick, who wanted his input to make sure they were getting the approach right after all these years. We got word early this year that a sixth film is finally on the way in the form of an HBO Max original, and according to the franchise's original creator, it'll be unlike any other Final Destination story we've seen yet. But the long drought is almost over for Final Destination fans. It's been more than a decade since Final Destination 5, the film that seemingly ended one of the most prolific horror franchises of the early 2000s by bringing it all full circle to the beginning.

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