Final Destination Bloodlines helmers Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein remain in high demand; Deadline reports the pair are in final talks to direct the sci-fi drama The Traveler for Paramount. The Traveler is based on the upcoming novel Traveler by Joseph Eckert, which is publishing on June 9, 2026. The novel follows “the life of Scott Treder, […]
“It’s very rare to read a script that you connect to so deeply. And honestly, I’ve been emailing our agents every six months for six years being like, ‘What’s the latest with that project?‘” Lipovsky said. “So the second it became available, we were in there the next day pitching our hearts out to be on that film. Because it was the one that got away six years ago.”
Per Stein, the project’s “got everything we love in terms of an original sci-fi story that is very grounded, in terms of character, but has a very elevated theme of what it’s trying to say.”
The Traveler is the latest added to the filmmakers’ increasingly packed slate of projects. They’re also co-writing a new Gremlins with Chris Columbus for Warner Bros., directing both Long Lost for Universal and Amblin, and The Earthling for Sony.
