It turns out Death doesn’t take a holiday—at least not with box office numbers this good for New Line.
Following the franchise’s record-breaking release of Final Destination: Bloodlines in May, co-writer Lori Evans Taylor (Bed Rest, Cellar Door) has signed on to pen the seventh installment in the supernatural horror film series that launched in 2000.
Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, Jon Watts, Dianne McGunigle and Toby Emmerich are returning to produce with Warren Zide executive producing.
Co-written with Guy Busick and directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination: Bloodlines saw a $51 million franchise-best opening, ultimately surpassing $285M at the global box office. The franchise’s overall $983 million haul makes it New Line’s third biggest horror franchise after The Conjuring and It.
Taylor is repped by WME, Kaplan/Perrone, and McKuin, Frankel and Whitehead. She previously wrote the screen adaptation of Carla Norton’s The Edge of Normal, which wrapped in spring 2025 with Chloë Grace Moretz starring and Carlota Pereda directing.
