{"id":29830,"date":"2025-05-18T22:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29830"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:55:59","slug":"final-destination-bloodlines-producer-craig-perry-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29830","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Final Destination Bloodlines\u2019 Producer Craig Perry on the Legacy of Tony Todd and the Horror Franchise (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer Craig Perry has been involved with the <\/span><b><i>Final Destination<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> franchise from the very beginning, and after 14 years away, <\/span><b><i>Final Destination Bloodlines<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brings the 25-year-old franchise back to theaters with some new twists on the tried-and-true formula.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This installment, the sixth movie in the series, begins in the &#8217;60s where a catastrophe at the Skyview Restaurant sets things rolling for hundreds of people to survive due to a premonition by a quick-thinking woman named Iris (Brec Bassinger), who is pregnant and was just proposed to by her boyfriend (Max Lloyd-Jones). Decades later, Iris\u2019 grandaughter Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) and her entire family are being plagued by Death\u2019s designs, because Death is so miffed about everyone surviving the Skyview incident that it starts to go after all the survivors\u2019 families as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one knows better what\u2019s been involved in making these super-gory horror movies and why it took so long to get another one of them back into theaters than Mr. Perry, and you can watch <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s extended interview with the producer above, where we talk about the entire franchise, how <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloodlines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finally happened, the legendary Tony Todd, and also the legend of the log truck, a kill from <\/span><b><i>Final Destination 2 <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that has become intrinsically linked to the entire franchise, with memes and everything!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also watch our interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/interviews\/final-destination-bloodlines-zach-lipovsky-adam-stein-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the directors of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Destination Bloodlines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video content on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Guy Busick, Lori Evans Taylor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Gabrielle Rose, Brec Bassinger, Alex Zahara, Tony Todd, Rya Kihlstedt, Anna Lore,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, Jon Watts, Dianne McGunigle, Toby Emmerich<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practical Pictures, Freshman Year, Fireside Films<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Line\/Warner Bros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Strong Violent\/Grisly Accidents|Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Horror<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 16, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour 50 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" 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