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There’s a surprisingly strong director attached to the next Final Destination movie. Hardly seems fair, does it? Neither on him or on us. And calling it The 5nal Destination, as Warner Bros. are threatening to do, is just spiteful.

The lucky guy is going to be Steven Quayle, a second unit director on James Cameron’s Avatar and Titanic, and co-director of Aliens of the Deep. He should compensate nicely for the struggles last time around when David R. Ellis found shooting in 3D something of a puzzle.

The screenwriter is going to be Eric Hessier who last got a credit at your multiplex on the Nightmare on Elm Street remake that, frankly, barely held itself together as a functional film. That’s not so encouraging. As long as he can come up with a few basic death ideas that Quayle can go to town with the film should meet the basic requirements for the series, however.

I’m sure that what you really want to know is: What’s the big opening scene disaster this time?

According to Bloody Disgusting, it’s going to be – Gallopin’ Gertie! – the collapse of a suspension bridge. I dare say The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse has already been booked out of the Library of Congress film library and studied a few times by the crew. Here’s a copy from YouTube, in case you’ve never seen it.