A reboot of Friday The thirteenth is in growth, in keeping with the unique movie’s director and producer.
Sean S. Cunningham is within the course of of making the brand new movie alongside author Jeff Locker and director Jeremy Weiss.
“Jeremy and I pitched our dream reboot of Friday The thirteenth – with Sean’s blessing to maintain creating it with him,” Locker mentioned (per Bloody Disgusting).
“Clearly, the prequel TV sequence has reignited curiosity a few new movie, so we’re hoping the encircling pleasure will encourage each side to come back collectively and provides us Jason on the large display screen once more for the primary time in 14 years, however we even have a Plan B for a sequel to the unique we expect followers will completely love and will keep away from any authorized entanglements.”
The reference to “authorized entanglements” acknowledges the difficulties the franchise has confronted concerning the rights and logos of central villain Jason Voorhees, which has additionally been mired in a dispute over earnings lately.
Cunningham, Locker and Weiss are additionally creating a reboot of 1985 comedy horror Home, which Cunningham produced, and a brand new horror undertaking referred to as The Evening Driver.
“Engaged on The Evening Driver with Sean and Jeff was such an awesome expertise, by the point the momentum was selecting up we have been in search of what initiatives might be subsequent in line,” he mentioned. “As a horror nerd by way of and thru, Friday The thirteenth and Home have been naturally the place I wished to move subsequent.”
Again in October, as Locker talked about, it was confirmed {that a} Friday The thirteenth prequel sequence is formally on the way in which courtesy of Peacock and A24.
The forthcoming sequence, titled Crystal Lake in keeping with Selection, has been described as an “expanded prequel” and will probably be developed by Bryan Fuller.
There are 12 movies within the Friday The thirteenth franchise thus far, which started in 1980 and has been rebooted beforehand in 2009. There aren’t any launch dates but for both Crystal Lake or the brand new movie.