When does Final Destination 7 premiere? May 12, 2028 — Blanchart directs; Taylor writes after Bloodlines’ haul. Not Bloodlines; cast TBA.
Current target date: Friday, May 12, 2028 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Final Destination 7 opens May 12, 2028 (WB/New Line). Blanchart; Lori Evans Taylor; post-Bloodlines greenlight. ≠ Bloodlines 2025; cast TBA.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, May 12, 2028
May 12, 2028 — Death gets another New Line Friday after Bloodlines printed money
Final Destination 7 opens Friday, May 12, 2028. Blanchart takes the chair; Taylor returns from the Bloodlines script room; the Perry/Watts producing bench stays. The date landed at CinemaCon once Bloodlines’ ~$318M global haul proved the Rube Goldberg death machine still sells.
Formula stays franchise-true: vision of catastrophe, survivors cheat the design, Death redesigns the setpieces. Cast is still TBA — the interesting calendar fact is how fast New Line reprinted a sequel Friday after a 14-year gap closed with Bloodlines.
Confirmed: May 12 2028 FD7 — not Bloodlines, not an undated “FD6 remake”
Confirmed: May 12, 2028 theatrical; Blanchart; Taylor; returning producers; post-Bloodlines greenlight. Not confirmed as a soft Bloodlines retitle, as locked celebrity leads, or as still “in development TBA.” Scrapers dating Final Destination 7 for 2026 from early rumor cycles are wrong.
From 14-year silence to Bloodlines to May 2028
- 2011 — Final Destination 5; long theatrical pause follows.
- 2025 — Bloodlines opens huge (~$51M debut; ~$318M global).
- CinemaCon — WB dates Final Destination 7 for May 12, 2028.
- Blanchart + Taylor attached; cast still open.
- May 12, 2028 — current theatrical target.
Before May 2028 — don’t buy the wrong Death ticket
- Marquee: Final Destination 7 / May 12, 2028 — not Bloodlines re-releases.
- Ignore fan-cast lists until studio confirms.
- Conjuring: First Communion is Sep 2027 — different New Line horror lane.
- Older FD Blu-ray restocks are not this sequel.
- Expect Rube Goldberg kills, not a supernatural possession pivot.
Bloodlines made nearly a third of a billion — New Line answered by dating Death for May 12, 2028 before casting even printed
Most horror sequels wait for a director and three leads before a Friday appears. Final Destination 7 flipped the order: CinemaCon date first, Blanchart/Taylor attached, cast still blank. That confidence is Bloodlines’ box-office hangover — New Line’s third-biggest horror franchise finally acting like it again.
SEO that still calls the series “dead after FD5” or merges FD7 into Bloodlines’ 2025 weekend is arguing last year’s math.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does Final Destination 7 open?
May 12, 2028 in theaters from Warner Bros. / New Line — the CinemaCon-dated Friday after Bloodlines’ franchise-best run. Not a vague “2028 sometime.”
2Who is directing and writing?
Michiel Blanchart (Night Call) directs. Lori Evans Taylor — co-writer of Final Destination Bloodlines — pens the screenplay. Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, Jon Watts, Dianne McGunigle, and Toby Emmerich produce; Warren Zide executive produces.
3Is this Bloodlines, or a remake of an older entry?
Neither. Bloodlines (2025) already opened and reset the brand’s box office. Final Destination 7 is the next numbered sequel on May 12, 2028. Do not merge its date with Bloodlines tickets or FD1–5 reissues.
4Who is in the cast?
No official lead cast is locked in trades yet. Treat fan-cast posters as speculation until WB/New Line prints names.
Explore more hubs
Jump into another category — anime, games, movies, sport, and events calendars.