Warner Bros. confirms Final Destination 7 is part of Death's plan

This is according to THR, which reports that New Line’s owners, Warner Bros., have now officially greenlit a Final Destination 7. That includes tapping Lori Evans Taylor, who co-wrote Bloodlines with Scream and Ready Or Not writer Gary Busick, to write the script for the new movie, presumably lining up a whole new batch of cattle for the thresher. There’s no word yet on casting, but that, of course, is part of the appeal of the Destination films: Outside Tony Todd (who passed away shortly after filming his part for Bloodlines) the franchise has such a relentlessly high bodycount that finding return passengers isn’t ever really a problem. You just need a writer capable of crafting enough ludicrous ways for people to get themselves killed in supposedly safe situations—and a few ultimately futile ways for the flies to struggle in their web of destiny—and Taylor has pretty clearly shown a knack for devising those.

Although it’s never been the biggest of the long-running horror franchises, Final Destination has managed to truck along pretty well over the years: It’s currently sitting at a combined total of $983 million at the global box office, meaning one more film should push it—like so many loose timbers being nudged off the back of a poorly secured truck—over the billion-dollar mark.