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Final Destination
''Final Destination'' is an American horror franchise that includes six films, ten novels, and two comic books. It is based on an unproduced spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, originally written for the television series ''The X-Files''. All of its films' plots are based on the premise of a small group of people who escape impending death after one visionary individual has a sudden premonition and warns them about a major disaster that is about to occur. After avoiding their foretold deaths seen in the visions, the survivors are later killed one by one in bizarre accidents caused by an unseen force, described as Death itself, that creates complicated chains of cause and effect, resembling Rube Goldberg machines. The visionary then reads omens in an attempt to again avert the deaths of the survivors. In addition to the films, a novel series of the first three films was published throughout 2005 and 2006 by Black Flame. A one-shot comic book titled ''Final Destination: Sacri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Destination 5
''Final Destination 5'' is a 2011 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and serves as a prequel to the 2000 original film. Nicholas D'Agosto stars as a young man who has a premonition of a bridge collapsing, which he saves a group of people from. However, Death stalks and kills them one by one. Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd star in supporting roles. Despite '' The Final Destination'' (2009) being announced as the final film in the franchise, that film's financial success led to the development of a fifth installment, which began in 2010. Filming took place in Vancouver, as with the first three installments. It is also the second film in the franchise to be shot in 3D. ''Final Destination 5'' was theatrically released on August 12, 2011, and on DVD on December 27, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures and New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Destination (film)
''Final Destination'' is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong (filmmaker), James Wong, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, based on a story by Reddick. It stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Tony Todd. Sawa portrays a teenager who saves the lives of his classmates after having a premonition of a plane crash. However, he learns that cheating Personifications of death, Death has deadly consequences. The film began as a spec script written by Reddick for an List of unmade episodes of The X-Files#Flight 180, episode of ''The X-Files'' in order for Reddick to get a TV agent. A colleague at New Line Cinema persuaded Reddick to write it as a feature-length film. Later, Wong and Morgan, ''The X-Files'' writing partners, became interested in the script and agreed to work on the film. Principal photography took place in New York City and Vancouver, with additional scenes filmed in Toronto and San Francisco. ''Final Dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Reddick
Jeffrey Reddick (born July 12, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the ''Final Destination'' franchise. Early life Reddick was born in Jackson, Kentucky and attended Breathitt County High School. He studied at Berea College. When Reddick was fourteen, he wrote a ten-page treatment of a prequel to ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' and sent it to New Line Cinema. The studio did not accept unsolicited material, and it was returned unread. Reddick proceeded to contact studio founder Robert Shaye and asked him to read the treatment. Shaye read it and responded. This was the beginning of a letter-and-phone relationship with Shaye and his assistant that lasted for years. While in college, Jeffrey landed an internship at New Line and worked for the studio for almost eleven years. Career In 2000, New Line produced Reddick's first studio project ''Final Destination''. Reddick is mostly known for writing horror films, but he recently worked on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rube Goldberg Machine
A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction–type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in a comically overcomplicated way. Usually, these machines consist of a series of simple unrelated devices; the action of each triggers the initiation of the next, eventually resulting in achieving a stated goal. The design of such a "machine" is often presented on paper and would be impossible to implement in actuality. More recently, such machines have been fully constructed for entertainment (for example, a breakfast scene in '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'') and in Rube Goldberg competitions. Origin The expression is named after the American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, whose cartoons often depicted devices that performed simple tasks in indirect convoluted ways. The cartoon above is Goldberg's ''Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin'', which was later reprinted in a few book collections, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Stein
Adam Stein is an American film director and screenwriter working in Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles, California. Stein graduated from Harvard University and the directing program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He co-directed ''Final Destination Bloodlines'' for New Line Cinema, the Disney live-action movie ''Kim Possible'', and also co-wrote and directed the award-winning independent film '' Freaks'', all with partner Zach Lipovsky. In 2019, he was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Directing for his work on the TV series '' Mech-X4''. Prior to directing, Stein edited several independent features that played at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW. Career ''On The Lot'' Adam Stein was a contestant on ''On The Lot'', the Fox Television reality show produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. The films that Adam Stein created for ''On The Lot'' consistently received the highest reviews from the show's judges. Actress/writer Carrie Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Heisserer
Eric Andrew Heisserer (born 1970) is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, television writer, and television producer. His screenplay for the film '' Arrival'' earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. Career Heisserer's professional screenwriting career was launched with the sale of ''The Dionaea House'' to Warner Bros. in 2005, based on an online epistolary story of the same name that he wrote from autumn 2004 to winter 2006. ''The Dionaea House'' was a multimedia novel told across multiple blogs run by fictional characters, and concerned an ominous house that existed in multiple places across the United States. It is considered to be one of the first popular creepypasta stories. He then developed an original television pilot for Paramount Pictures and CBS, and wrote feature projects for Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Warner Bros. In 2007, he sold a pitch to Regency Enterprises and Fox called ''Inhuman'', a supernatural thriller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Quale
Steven Quale is an American film director, known for ''Final Destination 5'' and '' Into the Storm'', as well as his earlier work as a second unit director for James Cameron on ''Titanic'' (1997) and ''Avatar'' (2009). Filmography Director * ''Darkness'' (1988) * ' (2002) * ''Aliens of the Deep'' (2005) * ''Final Destination 5 ''Final Destination 5'' is a 2011 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and serves as a prequel to the 2000 origi ...'' (2011) * '' Into the Storm'' (2014) * '' Renegades'' (2017) * ''Alphas'' (TBA) 2nd unit director Acting credits References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quale, Steven English-language film directors American special effects people Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bress
Eric Bress is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for his work on the ''Final Destination'' series and ''The Butterfly Effect''. He frequently collaborates with J. Mackye Gruber. His most recent project, '' The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'', is in development. Since 2012, when the rights were optioned by AMPCO Films, and he is no longer the screenwriter. Bress received a secondary education from Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and is a graduate of Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ..., where he studied film. He is originally from New York. He worked as a sound engineer before becoming a screenwriter. Filmography Film Television References External links * Interview with Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David R
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting is an American independent multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news website specializing in information services that covered various horror media. The company expanded into other media including podcast networking, entertainment, and streaming media. History Bloody Disgusting was founded in 2001 by Brad Miska (under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting") and Tom Owen. In 2025 Brad Miska left the company, and it is currently run by Tom Owen along with Managing Directors John Squires and Meagan Navarro. By 2007, the site had 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. In September 2007 a minority stake was purchased by The Collective, a Beverly Hills–based management company. In 2011 Bloody Disgusting began distributing and producing films that have gone on to win awards and spawned the successful ''V/H/S'' franchise. In 2011, Bloody Disgusting partnered with The Collective and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. to cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Morgan
Glen Morgan (born July 12, 1961) is an American television producer, writer and director. He is best known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' with his partner, James Wong. He served as an executive producer on the show's eleventh season. He also executive produced ''The Twilight Zone'' reboot by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions. Early life Morgan resided in Syracuse, New York, before moving to El Cajon, California at the age of 14. While attending El Cajon Valley High School, he met James Wong, who would become his friend and professional partner. Both enrolled at Loyola Marymount University, graduating from the School of Film and Television in 1983. Career Morgan did not want to work in television at first, but wound up accepting a job on ''21 Jump Street'' with James Wong as his writing partner. This would later earn him and Wong a steady job at Stephen J. Cannell Productions. As both men were about to leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wong (filmmaker)
James Wong (born April 20, 1959) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' with his writing partner, Glen Morgan. Morgan and Wong are founders of the Hard Eight Pictures and co-created '' Space: Above and Beyond''. Wong also directed the films '' Final Destination'' (2000) and '' Final Destination 3'' (2006) in the ''Final Destination'' film series, '' The One'' (2001), starring Jet Li, and '' Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Early life and education Wong was born in Hong Kong. At age ten, he moved to the United States along with his family, settling in San Diego, California. During his youth, he met his future writing partner Glen Morgan at El Cajon Valley High School. Later on, he went to Loyola Marymount University, joining a comedy improvisational group. Originally seeking a major in engineering, he later switched to a film major after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
