Editing Final Destination 2 (section)

===Development===
''[[Final Destination (film)|Final Destination]]'', the first film, was conceived by writers [[Jeffrey Reddick]], [[James Wong (filmmaker)|James Wong]], and [[Glen Morgan]] from ''Flight 180'', a [[spec script]] intended for use in ''[[The X-Files]]''. The film premiered across the United States and Canada on March 17, 2000, grossing $10,015,822 on its opening weekend and an overall gross of $112,880,294 internationally.<ref name="OneWeekend">{{cite web |title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 17–19, 2000 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2000W11/ |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 1, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="OneInternational">{{cite web |title=''Final Destination'' (2000) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finaldestination.htm |access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> The film's success inspired [[New Line Cinema]] then-President of Production [[Toby Emmerich]] to approach Reddick for a sequel, to which he responded positively.<ref name="Disgusting" /> Reddick asserted that he "wanted to expand on the mythology and not just tell the same story over again".<ref name="Disgusting" /> Wong and Morgan were not available for production since they had already signed on their respective projects ''[[The One (2001 film)|The One]]'' and ''[[Willard (2003 film)|Willard]]''.<ref name="Mania">{{cite web |last=Mania |first=Mania:Beyond Entertainment |title=James Wong Talks Movie Projects |work=Mania:Beyond Entertainment |url=http://www.mania.com/james-wong-talks-movie-projects_article_30832.html |access-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208215724/http://www.mania.com/james-wong-talks-movie-projects_article_30832.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref> Instead, New Line hired second unit director and stunt coordinator [[David R. Ellis]] as director and writing partners [[Eric Bress]] and [[J. Mackye Gruber]] as co-writers.<ref name="Muze" /><ref name="FeoAmante">{{cite web |date=August 3, 2011 |first=E.C. |last=McMullen Jr. |title=FINAL DESTINATION 2 movie review |work=FeoAmante |url=http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/DEF/Final_Dest/FD2.html |access-date=May 4, 2020 }}</ref>

"Second unit is like an extension of directing, you're doing big action sequences on film and it was just something I was going after. Once I got the offer from New Line and we got a good script, it was kind of a natural transition," Ellis professed.<ref name="Ellis">{{cite web |last=Joblo |first=The Arrow |title=The Arrow interviews...David R. Ellis! |work=The Arrow |url=https://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview51.htm |access-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309175201/http://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview51.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Threat 2">{{cite web |last=Film Threat |title=''Final Destination 2'': No Crash Landing |url=https://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/508/ |access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref> "I wanted our film to be able to stand alone but I watched ''Final Destination'' to see what they did that was so successful. I tried to use some of that while trying to keep a stand-alone feel for our movie. I kind of took what worked and tried to improve on it," Ellis added.<ref name="Ellis" /><ref name="Threat 2" /> "We wanted to take what the first film did effectively, and add levels and layers that would come out through the characters. When we first started writing this, we were trying to think, 'How can we make Death just a total badass?' and to be perfectly honest, the first crack we ever took at this script had to be reined in!" Bress uncovered.<ref name="Culture">{{cite web |last=Culture.com |title=''Final Destination 2'': Production Notes |url=http://culture.com/articles/1804/final-destination-2-production-notes.phtml |access-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195716/http://culture.com/articles/1804/final-destination-2-production-notes.phtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the other hand, producers Craig Perry and Warren Zide from Zide/Perry Productions also returned and helped on financing the film,<ref name="Disgusting" /><ref name="Perry">{{cite web |last=Joblo |first=The Arrow |title=The Arrow interviews...Craig Perry! |work=The Arrow |url=https://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview52.htm |access-date=May 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309175141/http://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview52.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref> with Perry stating, "We could have made no other movies and the first one still would have been a satisfying experience. But when we were given the opportunity to make a sequel, we jumped at it."<ref name="Disgusting">{{cite web |last=The Collective |first=Bloody Disgusting |title=Special Feature ''Final Destination'': Not So Final After All! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/25828/special-feature-final-destination-not-so-final-after-all/ |access-date=May 3, 2012 |date=August 12, 2011}}</ref>