‘Friday the thirteenth’
Slasher Franchise OG Takes Stab at New Flick!!!
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It is Friday the thirteenth … so what higher day to search out out a brand new movie within the well-liked slasher franchise could also be on the best way?!
Here is the deal … there hasn’t been a ‘Jason’ movie in a number of years … and we’re informed it is all been a matter of rights points — each between the 2 creators and two main studios. But it surely appears these points will doubtless be resolved … and a brand new movie challenge is being crafted.
Franchise co-creator Sean Cunningham tells TMZ … a movie therapy for an “old style” Jason flick is completed … and he is hopeful that, with the mega-merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount, the challenge will achieve critical traction as a result of he says each studios have rights –and that is been a serious hurdle.
The horror icon Cunningham tells us that he and franchise co-creator Victor Miller resolved their points … and he hopes the upcoming studio merger will deal with the opposite entanglement.
As for the brand new challenge … Cunningham says the script wants a “younger author” as a result of the center of the sequence has at all times been “the concern of premature dying” — and SC says he is too previous to be apprehensive about that lately. He additionally talked about he is only a “cheerleader” for the challenge … however anticipates being an government producer — if it occurs.
Sadly, there is not any method to know precisely when Jason followers will get a brand new flick … however the prequel TV sequence “Crystal Lake” is predicted to premiere on Peacock this yr … ch ch ch, ah ah ah.
