{"id":249803,"date":"2025-11-07T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249803\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:36:08","slug":"bloodlines-directors-take-the-helm-of-thriller-long-lost-for-steven-spielberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249803\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodlines directors take the helm of thriller Long Lost for Steven Spielberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Way back in 2007, Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky were both contestants on the filmmaking competition reality show On the Lot, which counted Steven Spielberg as one of its producers. Spielberg was obviously impressed with them and has been keeping an eye on them since, because industry scooper Jeff Sneider of The InSneider<\/a> has revealed that Stein and Lipovsky, who directed this year\u2019s horror hit Final Destination: Bloodlines<\/a> together, have signed on to take the helm of the thriller Long Lost, which Spielberg is producing for Amblin Partners alongside Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon of Genre Pictures, as well as Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but Spielberg reportedly also brought Stein and Lipovsky in to write the Gremlins 3 screenplay with Chris Columbus. We just heard yesterday that Gremlins 3 is moving forward<\/a>, aiming for a November 19, 2027 theatrical release, with Columbus directing and Spielberg executive producing.<\/p>\n

We first heard about Long Lost two years ago<\/a>, when Universal Pictures and Amblin Partners acquired a 50 page short story written by Colin Bannon, who previously wrote and directed the 2009 comedy\u00a0Love Conquers Paul. Bannon was attached to write the screenplay adaptation of his story, which is said to be \u201cin the vein of\u00a0What Lies Beneath<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rosemary\u2019s Baby\u201c. The story centers on\u00a0a recently married woman whose life is upended when her husband\u2019s long-lost wife shockingly returns after she was believed to be dead, sparking fears that she\u2019s hatching a sinister plan to reclaim what was once hers. How did the maker of a little-seen indie from 2009 land a deal like this? Well, in addition to making\u00a0Love Conquers Paul, Bannon has also gotten his scripts featured on the Black List a record seven times.<\/p>\n

Stein and Lipovsky are also developing the sci-fi survival movie The Earthling<\/a> for Columbia Pictures. Since they\u2019re busy with other projects, they won\u2019t be returning to direct the recently announced Final Destination 7. Last we heard, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart was in talks to direct the sequel, making it his English-language debut feature.<\/p>\n

Does Long Lost sound interesting to you, and are you glad to hear that Spielberg has brought Stein and Lipovsky in to direct this thriller? Let us know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Way back in 2007, Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky were both contestants on the filmmaking competition reality…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[103732,9709,9710,96,103720,2839,37469,7198,56,54,55,29250],"class_list":{"0":"post-249803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-adam-b-stein","9":"tag-aith","10":"tag-arrow-in-the-head","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-long-lost","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-simon-kinberg","15":"tag-steven-spielberg","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-zach-lipovsky"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}