net Destinationhit theatre of operations 25 years ago today , spawning a dealership that ’s still go with this spring’sFinal Destination : Bloodlines . That original film stood out among the former 2000s teen - repugnance craze , providing gruesomely creative death conniption that corkscrew from the theme that the killer whale is n’t a disguised slasher — it ’s last itself , chasing after people who dodged their intended moment of demise . In a new unwritten history , the serial ’ creators depend back on the film ’s origins , include more item about something that ’s a well - know part of its history : its tie toThe X - Files .
mouth toVariety , author Jeffrey Reddick hark back reading a cartridge holder clause about a woman who avoided a planing machine crash after a premonition distinguish her not to fly — and how it trigger the thought about Death not taking kindly to being “ cheated . ” He thought of the perfect vehicle for such a account : The X - Files , which was then in its original run . “ I wrote that idea as anX - Files[spec book ] … so it was very serendipitous that we terminate up suffer the film go to [ The ten - Filesexecutive producers ] James Wong and Glen Morgan , who were two of my favorite writers of all time , ” Reddick say .
“ The original narration was veryA Nightmare on Elm Street - influence , where Death played with their survivor ’s guilt or some secrets that they had to take them to suicide , which was jolly sorry , ” Reddick added . His original script focused on grownup characters , but when it was reworked for the movie , they were changed into high - school students — a studio request in the geological era ofScream‘s succeeder .
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Wong , who directedFinal Destinationand share a screenplay credit with Reddick and Morgan , revealed a trivial bit about whatFinal Destinationmight have take care like in anX - Filescontext : “ You would be concentrating on Mulder and Scully and how they react to [ a serial publication of deaths]—and they had to survive . ”
However , Wong said , the story really was well - suited to a feature film film . “ As a movie , the main thing is that you had the time and the budget to make something striking that really drew the interview in and give them the surprise you require . In a TV show that ’s almost impossible . ”
Head toVarietyto say the full piece , which has some fun reminiscences aboutFinal Destination‘s filming , let in craft those creative death view , the ( fantabulous ) conclusion to change the original ending from hopeful to bleak — and how the film ’s legacy lingers today .
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