Final Destination 6 Release Date Confirmed

Calling all horror fans who can't get enough of the Final Destination franchise: the next installment has a release date.

via: Screen Rant

The popular horror franchise has been dormant since the release of 2011's Final Destination 5, but directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are now set to bring a sixth installment to life. Final Destination: Bloodlines story information has been hard to come by, but franchise veteran Tony Todd, who just recently passed away on November 6, 2024, is expected to return as William Bludworth, with other cast members including Max-Lloyd Jones, Teo Brionnes, Richard Harmon, Brec Bassinger, and April Telek, among others.

Warner Bros. now reveals that Final Destination: Bloodlines will hit theaters on May 16, 2025. The announcement confirms the film will be available to watch in the IMAX format, but it unfortunately doesn't include any plot details. Interestingly, Todd's name isn't on the cast list provided, raising questions about his involvement in the film. Check out the full cast list below:

Final Destination: Bloodlines Cast

Brec Bassinger

Teo Briones

Richard Harmon

Max Lloyd Jones

Owen Patrick Joyner

Kaitlyn Santa Juana

Rya Kihlstedt

Tinpo Lee

Anna Lore

Gabrielle Rose

April Amber Telek

Alex Zahara

The theatrical experience has been a crucial part of all previous Final Destination movies, and the latest announcement confirms that this experience will continue with the upcoming installment. Final Destination 5 also released in IMAX, marking the first franchise installment to play in this format. With IMAX's larger screen and bigger sound, Bloodlines clearly aims to be a horror flick with a larger scope and scale.

A handful of big releases are already planned for May, but none will serve as big competition for Bloodlines. The Lilo & Stitch live-action remake, for example, is set to hit theaters on May 23, but that film is aimed at children and family audiences. The release of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on May 23 does mean that Bloodlines will lose IMAX screens after a week, so those looking to experience the horror sequel in that format will have to do so in its first seven days in theaters.

It's now been 13 years since the previous movie, so it's hard to say whether Bloodlines will be a success. Final Destination 5 was made on a $40 million budget and grossed $158 million worldwide, meaning it was a hit, but the theatrical landscape of today is vastly different from the one in 2011.

It's not clear if Bloodlines will be a traditional legacy sequel, but Scream was able to revive itself with this format in 2022, 11 years after the previous installment. It's entirely possible the upcoming Final Destination movie will revive interest in the long-running horror franchise as well, but it will have less nostalgia to bank on compared to Scream, so it may instead have to rely more on delivering truly shocking kills. Many questions remain about Final Destination: Bloodlines, but with a release date now six months away, a trailer likely isn't far off.

Source: Warner Bros.