New Final Destination on the way... in 3-D!

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In terms of ironic names for a franchise, Final Destination is to films what Final Fantasy is to video games. Except unlike the games, they're not, you know, very good. In any case, The Hollywood Reporter announced today that the increasingly inaccurately named series will be getting another chapter.

Final Destination 4, as the film has been cleverly titled, will bring back together Final Destination 2's David R. Ellis/Eric Bress team as director/writer for the film. According to the press release, their last chapter "was praised for its elaborately orchestrated killings," so that's pretty much what you can expect in store for this one. Keep in mind, Ellis' non-Final Destination filmography's highlights are Cellular and Snakes on a Plane, which should also give you a pretty good idea what's in store. While the actual plot is being kept secret, it's probably safe to say it will be about teens who dodge death and are now being chased by this. In fact, that's the other thing about the plot so far revealed: "It will feature new teens facing new forms of death." Well, that's one mystery solved.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the film is that it will be shot in 3-D, which is a trickier proposition for live-action than it is for something like last week's Beowulf. Still, this is probably more interesting than the last installment, which on DVD allowed its audience to choose their own endings for the film's teens. Anyone who owns the DVD, and there are a lot out there according to sales figures, can tell you that this option is a lot less cool than it sounds.

The project has no start date yet, but if the WGA strike continues too long expect to see this put on the fast-track to completion.

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