Final Destination: Bloodlines filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are one of the breakout success stories of 2025 after that film earned strong reviews and became the top grossing installment in the once dormant franchise.

Nearly six months after its release, the duo have zeroed in on a new project to direct, and are in talks to helm Long Lost, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The project is set up at Universal with Amblin Entertainment producing, based on the short story by Colin Bannon, who also penned the script. Sources have described the film as What Lies Beneath meets Rosemarys Baby, with the short story involving a woman whose husbands long-lost wife suddenly returns. Universal landed the project in a bidding war in 2024, with producers including Steven Spielberg, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon and Scott Glassgold.

The project sold in a massive bidding war back in 2024 and has producers Steven Spielberg, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon and Scott Glassgold as producers.

Lipovsky and Stein are represented by Verve, Ground Control and Jamie Feldman

Universal has no comment.

Lipovsky and Stein came up through the world of childrens TV, before earning Hollywood attention thanks to their 2018 cult hit Freaks, which was their own take on the superhero genre. But Bloodlines transformed them into in-demand directors, with their pick of projects. Among them is a job writing the new Gremlins movie along with Chris Columbus. That film is set up at Warner Bros., and has a just-announced release date of Nov. 19, 2027, with Columbus in the directors chair.

Lipovsky and Stein are represented by Verve, Ground Control and Jamie Feldman.