New Line has tapped young thesps Ryan Merriman and Mary Winstead to star in Cheating Death: Final Destination 3, which is targeted for a 2006 release.
Both actors can be seen in "The Ring Two." Merriman was also in the indie pic "Spin" and the Sci Fi Channel mini-series "The Taken." Winstead is also in the upcoming Disney pic "Sky High."
Final Destination 3 starts shooting April 4 in Vancouver and is expected to have a budget around $25 million.
The third film follows high school student Wendy Christensen who fails to stop the fated roller coaster ride that she predicted would cause the deaths of several of her friends. She teams with schoolmate Kevin Fischer in a race against time to prevent death from revisiting the survivors of the accident.