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In-Demand Duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein in Talks to Direct Stephen King Adaptation, While Long-Awaited Freaks Part II Premieres at Fantasia Fest

August 12, 2026August 11, 2026AnnouncementsAdam Stein, Fantasia Fest, Freaks Part II, Stephen King, Zach Lipovsky

Ever since their acclaimed work on the 2025 smash hit Final Destination: Bloodlines, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein have become the toast of Tinseltown and one of the most sought-after filmmakers in the business. In

Final Destination: Bloodlines Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein Sign First-Look Deal with Sony, Are Tapped to Direct Metal Gear Solid Adaptation

April 15, 2026April 14, 2026AnnouncementsAdam B. Stein, Metal Gear Solid, Sony, Zach Lipovsky

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it has been a career-changing 11 months for Vancouver director Zach Lipovsky and his American filmmaking partner Adam B. Stein, who, as it happens, first met

Final Destination: Bloodlines Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein Hired to Do ‘Venom’ Animated Feature

February 25, 2026April 13, 2026AnnouncementsAdam B. Stein, Gremlins 3, Venom, Zach Lipovsky

One of the biggest cinematic surprises of 2025 was Final Destination: Bloodlines, which not only became the best-reviewed entry in the 26-year-old franchise, but it was also a sleeper hit at the box office, becoming

Freaks – Review

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020ReviewAdam Stein, Emile Hirsch, Freaks, Lexa Kolker, Zach Lipovsky

When I was a child, still too young to watch a big chunk of the cinematic greats, my dad would instead distil the narratives of films like Crimson Tide and The Outlaw Josie Wales into

FREAKS Delivers Huge Thrills in a Small Package

March 24, 2020March 16, 2020ReviewAdam Stein, Ava Telek, Bruce Dern, Emile Hersch, Freaks, Lexy Koller, Michelle Harrison, Zach Lipovsky

One of my favourite Canadian films of recent years was 2015’s Room, the harrowing story of a young boy imprisoned with his mother for the first five years of his life before being freed and

Time Travel, Snow and Other Surprises at 2019 WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL

December 10, 2019December 9, 2019FestivalsAdrian Glynn McMorran, Ana Golja, Andrew Dunbar, Jonas Chernik, Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Sergio Navarretta, Shauna Hardy Mishaw, Simon Pegg, Tony Dean Smith, WFF19, Whistler Film Festival, Zach Lipovsky

“We’re recognized as Canada’s coolest film festival.” Whistler Film Festival founder and executive director Shauna Hardy Mishaw proudly states as we chat at the expansive Whistler Conference Centre. “They grabbed onto that quote and now