‘Final Destination Bloodlines' New On Streaming On HBO Max This Week
Final Destination Bloodlines — the hit sixth film in the 'Final Destination' horror film franchise — is arriving on streaming video on demand on HBO Max this week.
Rated R, Final Destination Bloodlines opened in theaters on May 16 before debuting on digital streaming via premium video on demand on June 17. The logline for the film reads, 'Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.'
Directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, Final Destination Bloodlines also stars Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger and the late Tony Todd.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment recently announced in a press release that Final Destination Bloodlines will debut on SVOD on HBO Max on Friday, Aug. 1, and HBO on cable on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 8 p.m. ET.
HBO Max offers three SVOD tiers. The platform's ad-based tier costs $9.99 per month, its ad-free tier is $16.99 per month and its ad-free tier that includes 4K Ultra HD programming costs $20.99 per month.
HBO Linear Is Hosting A 'Final Destination' Movie Marathon
The debut of Final Destination Bloodlines on HBO linear on Saturday is part of a Final Destination movie marathon.
The movie marathon will begin at 12:10 p.m. ET on the cable outlet with the first Final Destination movie from 2000, followed by Final Destination 2 (2003) at 1:50 p.m. ET, Final Destination 3 (2006) at 3:24 p.m. ET, The Final Destination (2009) at 5 p.m. ET and Final Destination 5 (2011) at 6:25 a.m. PT.
Final Destination Bloodlines wraps up the movie marathon when it begins at 8 p.m. ET.
In a Zoom conversation prior to the release of Final Destination Bloodlines in theaters, Zach Liposky and Adam Stein said one of their goals in directing the new Final Destination film was to make the deaths seem plausible.
'Everyone has that feeling all day of, 'Oh, this is a little off, but it'll be fine,' like every time you get on a plane to every time you walk across the street to every time you take a subway,' Lipovsky explained. 'There are small things in your everyday life where there's this voice that's like, 'Eh? It'll be all right.' So, every time we had that feeling, we went, "You know what? What if it wasn't, right? Let's put that in the movie, so you constantly have this awareness.''
That awareness also includes the brutal backyard barbecue mishap that kicks off Final Destination Bloodline's Rube Goldberg machine-inspired final trailer.
'What makes this movie work is that there are these very relatable, everyday things that everyone experiences,' Lipovsky noted. 'Everyone's tried to light a barbecue that's not quite lighting, you know?'
Final Destination Bloodlines was a huge hit in theaters, earning $138.1 million domestically and nearly $147.2 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $285.3 million. The film had a $50 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers.
In addition, Final Destination Bloodlines was celebrated by Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film a 93% 'fresh' rating based on 223 reviews. The film also received an 87% 'fresh' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings.
Final Destination Bloodlines begins streaming on HBO Max on Friday and debuts on HBO linear on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
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The Paramount and UFC deal came just days after Skydance and Paramount officially closed their $8 billion merger — kicking off the reign of a new entertainment giant after a contentious endeavor to get the transaction over the finish line. White said he was impressed with the vision Skydance CEO David Ellison had for the the global MMA leader early in contract talks and how those plans should blossom now that Ellison is chairman and CEO of Paramount. 'When you talk about Paramount, you talk about David Ellison, they're brilliant businessmen, very aggressive, risk takers,' White said. 'They're right up my alley. These are the kind of guys that I like to be in business with.' The $1.1 billion deals marks a notable jump from the roughly $550 million that ESPN paid each year for UFC coverage today. But UFC's new home on Paramount will simplify offerings for fans — with all content set to be available on Paramount+ (which currently costs between $7.99 and $12.99 a month), rather than various pay-per-view fees. Paramount also said it intends to explore UFC rights outside the US 'as they become available in the future.' UFC matchmakers were set to meet this week to shape what White said would be a loaded debut Paramount card. The UFC boss noted it was still too early to discuss a potential main event for the White House fight night. 'This is a 1-of-1 event,' White said. There are still some moving parts to UFC broadcasts and other television programming it has its hands in as the company moves into the Paramount era. White said there are still moving parts to the deal and that includes potentially finding new homes for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' 'Road To UFC,' and 'Dana White's Contender Series.' It's not necessarily a given the traditional 10 p.m. start time for what were the pay-per-view events would stand, especially on nights cards will also air on CBS. 'We haven't figured that out yet but we will,' White said. And what about the sometimes-contentious issue of fighter pay? Some established fighters have clauses in their contracts that they earn more money the higher the buyrate on their cards. Again, most of those issues are to-be-determined as UFC and Paramount settle in to the new deal — with $1.1 billion headed the fight company's way. 'It will affect fighter pay, big time,' White said. 'From deal-to-deal, fighter pay has grown, too. Every time we win, everybody wins.' Boxer Jake Paul wrote on social media the dying PPV model — which was overpriced for fights as UFC saw a decline in buys because of missing star power in many main events — should give the fighters an increased idea of their worth. 'Every fighter in the UFC now has a clear picture of what the revenue is…no more PPV excuses,' Paul wrote. 'Get your worth boys and girls.' White also scoffed at the idea that the traditional PPV model is dead. There are still UFC cards on pay-per-view the rest of the year through the end of the ESPN contract and White and Saudi Arabia have teamed to launch a new boxing venture that starts next year and could use a PPV home. White, though, is part of the promotional team for the Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford fight in September in Las Vegas that airs on Netflix. 'It's definitely not run it's course,' White said. 'There were guys out there who were interested in pay-per-view and there were guys out there that weren't. Wherever we ended up, that's what we're going to roll with.' White said UFC archival footage 'kills it' in repeat views and those classic bouts also needed a new home once the ESPN deal expires. Just when it seems there's little left for UFC to conquer, White says, there's always more. Why stop at becoming the biggest fight game in the world? Why not rewrite the pecking order in popularity and riches and go for No. 1 in all sports? 'You have the NFL, the NBA, the UFC, and soccer globally,' White said. 'We're coming. We're coming for all of them.'
