‘Final Destination 7’ is in the works

A seventh installment of the “Final Destination” film franchise is currently in development! 

After Variety magazine reported that a seventh installment is in works with co-writer Lori Evans Taylor returning to pen the new installment, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick confirmed the news to GMA News Online through a message on Friday.

“Yes. They just started the scripting process. So it'll be a few years before the movie starts filming,” Reddick said.

It sounds like it's still in the very early stages and it's going to take a little bit of time, but that's OK. We're still going to need to heal from the trauma from “Final Destination: Bloodlines” after all.

The sixth installment of the film premiered in Philippine cinemas just last May. 

In a previous interview with the American screenwriter, Reddick credited Filipino fans for being part of the franchise's success throughout the years. 

"Internationally, the 'Final Destination' films have been released in about 12 countries (out of 60) in the Asia-Pacific region. Since the first film, the Philippines has always been one of those countries. So the fans' constant support really means a lot to the franchise's success. And that's why the studio always releases the sequels there," he said.

"Final Destination" is a film franchise that revolves around a group of people who escape impending death after one of them gets a premonition about a tragic event. The first film was released in 2000. 

According to Reddick, a visit to his hometown in Kentucky, USA inspired him to create the storyline. 

"I was flying home to visit my family in Kentucky (USA), and I read an article about a woman on vacation, and her mother told her not to take the flight she was scheduled to be on because she had a bad feeling about it. So the woman changed flights and found out that the plane she was supposed to be on had crashed. That’s what put the original idea in my head," he said. — LA, GMA Integrated News