Screenwriter lands gig with two word pitch

Eric Heisserer is a screenwriter. He’s also on Twitter (@writerspry). This morning he Tweeted:

The news is out, so now I can talk about it: I’m writing the next #FinalDestination movie. http://bit.ly/bXFVRh

The link is to this THR blog post:

Eric Heisserer, the scribe who penned Universal’s “The Thing” prequel, is writing “Final Destination 5,” the latest installment in New Line’s horror franchise.

The “Destination” movies, which center on the idea that one can’t cheat death, usually begin with a group of people who survive a catastrophe because of the intervention of one person who has a premonition. Death, however, will have its due, and the survivors end up expiring in elaborate Rube Goldberg-like fashion.

The plot for the latest installment is being kept under wraps, though one scene involves a character undergoing laser-eye surgery.

Expanding on this last point, Heisserer did a follow-up Tweet:

And yes, I got the job with two words: #LASIK #surgery.

Here’s two words for Heisserer: “Congratulations, Eric!”


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