After three installments, the “Final Destination” franchise found new life in 2009 when it exploited the new version of 3D as well as any film.
Now producers are kicking it up another notch by going big with IMAX 3D for the debut of Warner Bros.’ Pictures’ release of the New Line Cinema production of “Final Destination 5” on Aug. 12 in 223 domestic theaters and select international IMAX 3D digital theatres.
“Seeing Final Destination 5 in IMAX 3D will make this an entirely new experience for even the most die-hard fan,” said Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution Dan Fellman. “With the sheer size of the screen and the added intensity of IMAX 3D, this won’t be for the faint of heart.”
In “Final Destination 5,” the next series of grisly deaths forseen seconds in advance by an unsuspecting participant (Nicholas D’Agosto) hits a group of coworkers headed for a corporate retreat when a bridge collapses on them. The unwitting clairvoyant is able to save his friend (Miles Fisher) and girlfriend (Emma Bell) but because they have cheated death, they are constantly on the verge of a new form of disastrous death.
Steven Quale makes his directing debut from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on characters created by Jeffrey Reddick. Producers Craig Perry and Warren Zide return for the fifth time, working with executive producers Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter, Erik Holmberg and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.
— By Scott Hettrick