Next Final Destination Movie Secures Director Michiel Blanchart

It’s been a quarter-century since the first “Final Destination” kicked off one of the most lucrative horror franchises in existence. Though initially conceived as a screenplay for an episode of “The X-Files,” this movie created a novel high-concept horror premise and made it into a smashing success. All six films have achieved prodigious returns at the box office, and the most recent entry, this year’s “Final Destination Bloodlines,” has very auspiciously revived the franchise after a 14-year dormancy, becoming its most significant critical and commercial success yet. Naturally, a seventh film has already been announced, and now we know the name of New Line Cinema’s most sought-after director for this project. “Final Destination Bloodlines” was directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein. New Line offered them the opportunity to return for the seventh film, but both declined. Now, the studio is looking to Michiel Blanchart, a Belgian filmmaker whose 2021 supernatural horror short film, “You’re Dead, Heléne,” wo