Overview

• Trade reports say Blanchart is the studio’s choice and in advanced talks to helm the sequel, though no formal offer has been made.
• If the deal closes, the Belgian filmmaker would make his English-language feature debut on the project.
• Lori Evans Taylor, a co-writer of Final Destination: Bloodlines, is writing the new screenplay.
• Key producers Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, Jon Watts, Dianne McGunigle and Toby Emmerich are set to return, with Warren Zide as executive producer.
• Final Destination: Bloodlines grossed about $314.6 million worldwide, becoming the series’ top earner, as previous directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein opted not to return.