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18-03-2025
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The ‘Final Destination' Films, Ranked from Worst to Best
Like it or not, 2025 is rapidly becoming the Year of the Freak Accident. In horror, everybody from audiences who loved 'The Monkey' to that very flammable fellow in 'The Rule of Jenny Pen' is feeling it. But there's even more to come when 'Final Destination' — the genre's most criminally underrated supernatural franchise — returns with scads more not-so-accidental death on May 16. The aughts used to get a bad rap in pop culture, but that's improved somewhat in recent years. As filmmakers have released their death-grip obsession on the '80s, familiar faces and franchises from throughout the 2000s have reemerged across all types of movies and TV. Right now, for example, you can see the forty-something 'Veronica Mars' dating that forty-something guy from 'The O.C.' in a rom-com on Netflix that's been wildly popular — in spite of the title 'Nobody Wants This.' More from IndieWire When Nora Ephron Met Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger: Meet Horror's New Iconic Killer in 'Heart Eyes' The Best Horror Movies of 2024 A Guinness World Records Consultant Analyzed 27,000 Horror Movies for a New Report. Here's What He Found When it comes to nostalgia for aughts-era nightmares, specifically, 'Saw' is back and going on strong. 'The Strangers' is a multi-part melodrama… for some reason. And it might still be a way off but the long overdue 'Jennifer's Body' sequel seems practically imminent. Is it all an overdue artistic reevaluation of a bygone period suddenly realized? Or is it happening to us now…in this way…by some kind of…design? Co-directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' is among this year's most anticipated horror releases — reviving the gory death-by-Rube-Goldberg-machine format that divided critics but never failed at the box office from 2000 to 2011. 'Bloodlines' is the sixth film in the series, which kicked off with the original movie directed by James Wong and distributed by New Line. The film celebrates its silver anniversary on March 17 and is based on an 'X-Files' spec script by Jeffrey Reddick. The first 'Final Destination' crash-landed into theaters as an unconventional slasher, following a kid (Devon Sawa) who acts fast after getting a terrifying premonition while boarding a plane to Paris. He'll live to regret it… for a while anyway… as Death's Design hunts down each and every shouldn't-have-been survivor from the ill-fated Flight 180. By swapping the typical masked villain for an unseen lethal presence — lore-dumped about in the films by the late-great Tony Todd — Reddick and Wong uncovered a brilliant new method of making kills their movie's main event. The formula that emerged (mass casualty event + freak accident ^nth power = fine enough FD sequel) worked well for a decade and got an added layer of intrigue with a twist-ending that brought the events of 'Final Destination 5' full circle. From an Olympic-qualifying spine snap to a tanning bed/casket jump-cut you'll feel in your toes, the grisly freak accidents that make 'Final Destination' memorable have aged with varying degrees of success. We don't need to see another pool drain suck organs out of some asshole's butt… and yet, we're not saying 'no' to another 'Final Destination 2' logging truck incident. (It's the film that still haunts America's freeways!) Ranked worst to best, these are the five 'Final Destination' films 25 years since it all began. —Alison Foreman Best of IndieWire The 15 Best Robert Pattinson Performances, from 'Good Time' to 'High Life' The 17 Best Thrillers Streaming on Netflix in March, from 'Fair Play' to 'Emily the Criminal' All 97 Oscars Best Picture Winners, Ranked
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21-02-2025
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"Nobody Wants This" Season 2 Casts Leighton Meester
Yara Sameh 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2 has added two new guest stars. Leighton Meester and Miles Fowler will appear in the second season of the popular Netflix comedy in guest roles. The casting will no doubt delight Meester's fans, as she will be appearing in the show which stars her husband, Adam Brody. 'Nobody Wants This' also stars Kristen Bell, Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Jackie Tohn, Sherry Cola, and Shiloh Berman. Meester will play Abby, who is described as 'Joanne's (Bell) middle school nemesis who is now an Instagram mommy influencer.' Fowler guest stars as Lenny, said to be 'Noah's (Brody) Matzah Ballers teammate who gets set up with Morgan (Justine Lupe).' The official series description states: 'An agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party. When they walk out — together — the unlikely pair, Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody), can tell there is something between them. But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families — including her sister Morgan (Lupe) and his brother Sasha (Simons).' Meester is best known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf in The CW series 'Gossip Girl,' appearing in the show across its entire six-season run. Elsewhere in her TV career, she appeared opposite Bell in the cult hit series 'Veronica Mars' in multiple episodes. Her other TV credits include '24,' 'Single Parents,' and 'How I Met Your Father.' Next up, she will guest star in Rachel Sennott's upcoming HBO comedy series. In the film side, Meester has starred in features such as 'The Oranges,' 'The Judge,' and 'The Roommate.' 'Nobody Wants This' was renewed in October shortly after its premiere in September. It quickly rose to the top of the Netflix Top 10 English language TV chart, staying in the Top 10 for six weeks. Erin Foster, who created the series, was the showrunner for Season 1 and remains onboard as an executive producer for Season 2. Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan will serve as showrunners and executive producers on Season 2. Steven Levitan and Oly Obst are also executive producers on the series, with Bell executive producing in addition to starring. Sara Foster, Danielle Stokdyk, and Jeff Morton executive produce as well, with Nora Silver of Jenni Konner productions joining as an executive producer for Season 2. 20th Television produces in association with Steven Levitan Productions.
