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Final Destination

Final Destination
Final Destination

Summary

Final Destination is a series of horror films based on an unproduced spec script written by Jeffrey Reddick he originally submitted to the X-Files television series. Distributed by New Line Cinema, all five films are centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death (i.e. how to foresee, avoid or control it). In a less abstract sense, each film features a group of people dying in a series of elaborate and often gory scenarios that frequently resemble Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity. The series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre in that the "villain" of the movies is not the stereotypical slashers, monsters, creatures, beasts, ghosts, or demons. It is the entity Death itself (very occasionally 'seen' as a fleeting shadow), which manipulates the environment in deadly ways with the intent of "recapturing" those who somehow manage (usually through warning premonitions) to escape their fates the first time. The franchise has also spawned a related book series (published by Black Flame) and comic series (published by Zenescope Entertainment Inc).

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Final Destination Creator Hopes To See More Characters Survive as the Franchise Expands

Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick wishes the films hadn't killed off every protagonist.

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Every Final Destination Movie, Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes

With Final Destination 6 on the horizon, it's time to take a look back at what Rotten Tomatoes thinks of the horror franchise so far.

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Final Destination 6: 10 Actors We Want to See in the New Movie

With Final Destination 6 confirmed, here are 10 actors we want to see try and cheat death in the new movie.

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Final Destination: Every Movie Ranked by Goriness

Time to have some fun, and dive into Final Destination, the horror franchise from the 2000s, and rank all the films by their gore content.

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Final Destination 6: Key Original Character Reportedly Returning for Next Installment

The Final Destination franchise is already working on its next chapter, which could bring back a very important character.

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Final Destination Creator Reveals His Original Plans for First Sequel

Jeffrey Reddick shares details about his original plans for the first Final Destination sequel.

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Final Destination 6 Gets Promising Update From Creator: ‘That Movie Is Ready to Go'

The creator behind the Final Destination franchise has offered an update on the development of the sixth installment.

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Final Destination Star “Wasn’t Paid a Cent” For Sequel Cameo He Didn’t Even Know Was In the Movie

Amid the actor’s strike, Final Destination star Devon Sawa revealed that their sequel cameo was one that didn’t earn them anything.

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Final Destination 2: What Happened to Every Character

Wondering who survived? We have a list of what happened to the survivors of Route 23 in Final Destination 2.

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All Final Destination Movies, Ranked by Box Office Gross

Ahead of Final Destination's sixth installment, here's a look back at the worldwide earnings of all the films in the franchise.

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15 Things Final Destination Has Made People Scared Of

The Final destination franchise is responsible for inducing quite a few phobias. Here are 15 of the worst ways to go as imagined by the films.

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Every Final Destination Movie, Ranked

Final Destination has been one of the most popular franchises in horror. Let's go through and rank the films, from worst to best.

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Freaks Filmmakers to Co-Direct Final Destination 6

The next Final Destination movie is moving forward with a pair of co-directors, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, at the helm.

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Final Destination: Every Opening Premonition in the Movies, Ranked

Where will Final Destination 6's opening premonition rank compared to the rest of the films in the franchise?

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Final Destination: Every Movie's Major Disaster, Ranked

We rank all of the memorable and least memorable premonition disasters in the Final Destination franchise.

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Final Destination: 9 Best Character Deaths in the Horror Franchise, Ranked

With 40 deaths to choose from, here are nine of the most gruesome and best character deaths in the Final Destination horror franchise.

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Final Destination: The Most Unexpected Death in Each Movie In The Franchise

With many shocking and unexpected deaths, here are the most unexpected deaths in each movie in the Final Destination franchise.

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Final Destination Creator Says Upcoming Reboot Changes the Formula

All five prior Final Destination films have had a similar plot, but creator Jeffrey Reddick says the upcoming reboot will be changing things up.

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Final Destination 6 Is Happening at HBO Max with Spider-Man: No Way Home Director

A new Final Destination movie is finally happening at HBO Max with a treatment written by Jon Watts.

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Final Destination 6 Gets Featured Black List Writer Lori Evans Taylor
Final Destination 6 Gets Featured Black List Writer Lori Evans Taylor

Final Destination 6 was originally discussed way back in 2011, and a new, mostly unreleated, report has suggested that there has been a recent change in the writing team.

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