Lori Evans Taylor is killing it in the horror sphere, as the Final Destination: Bloodlines co-writer has been tapped to pen the next instalment in the New Line franchise.

Bloodlines, the sixth entry in the series and the first since 2011, became the most successful outing of the movie franchise, grossing over $286 million at the global box office. Taylor co-wrote the script with Guy Busick (Ready or Not), from a story by Taylor, Busick, and Jon Watts, the director of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein directed the film.

Destination franchise helmer Craig Perry and franchise veteran Sheila Hanahan Taylor are back producing, as are Watts and his wife, Dianne McGunigle, along with Toby Emmerich, THR reports. Warren Zide will executive produce.

Each Final Destination film centres on a character who has a premonition of a horrific, deadly event, which allows them to cheat their own death and save several other lives in the process. But escaping their fate is not so easy, and Death, personified as a targeted and unstoppable force, soon comes for each of the survivors.

Lori Evans Taylor also recently penned the adaptation of Carla Norton’s serial killer novel, The Edge of Normal, which stars Chloë Grace Moretz. She also adapted I Am Still Alive, with Ben Affleck attached to star and produce.

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