Bloody Disgusting got in touch with Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick who had a shocking never-before-seen relic to share exclusively with Bloody Disgusting readers. Dated 1994, Reddick has made available (exclusive to Bloody Disgusting) the unused script for his “X-Files” pitch, ‘Flight 180.’
“I decided to use the basic concept of people cheating Death as the
catalyst,” said Reddick, “But when you write a spec for a series, you
want to follow the framework of the show and go deeper. So, I had
Scully’s brother have the premonition, which made the story more
personal. I won’t spoil the rest, but for the spec script, the concept
isn’t front and center, it’s more about Scully, Mulder and her
relationship with her brother.
“But when I decided to write it as a feature [Final Destination], I made the story all about the concept. And tweaked it.”
“The biggest misconception about the original spec script is the one
that has bothered me the most… When the movie came out in 2000, a lot of
reviewers said the story was inspired by the real life crash of TWA
Flight 800 in 1996. I got flack for that,” Reddick explained, “but I
actually wrote this in 1994. I do think the director may have used news
footage from the crash in the film, so that’s where that rumor came
from.”
Read and download the script HERE