Bay revives "Friday" for New Line

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Bay revives "Friday" for New Line
Tue Feb 14, 2006 01:32 AM ET

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jason is coming back.

Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes are gearing up to remake "Friday the 13th" for New Line Cinema, from a script by Mark Wheaton.

The "Friday the 13th" series began in 1980, with Sean S. Cunningham directing the first feature, released by Paramount Pictures. After eight films the slasher series, featuring the masked killer Jason Voorhees, moved to New Line, which revived the franchise with "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" in 1993.

New Line's most recent installment, "Freddy vs. Jason," in which Voorhees faced off against Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series, was released in 2003, grossing more than $82 million domestically.

Insiders said the producers were hoping to release the movie on Friday, October 13, but it is unlikely that all the pieces will fall into place to make that a reality. No director is attached to the project, and no actors have been cast.

Platinum Dunes produced 2003's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake, which grossed more than $80 million. The company recently wrapped production on the prequel starring Jordana Brewster. The movie will be released October 6.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[Digifruitella]

Cool, this should be interesting to watch. Yeah yea yeah, most people will probably blast Bay and the remake, but I'm for one interested in what's new they'll bring in the remake.

[XCoRyX]

Worst news i've heard in a long time.

First they killed any chance of a solid TCM update. Then they made a shitty Amityville...now they kill of a Franchise I actually care and love about.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

It's not a remake.

From Bloody-Disgusting:

Although this picture is rumored to be a remake, we've been told it may be more of a "re-envisionment" of the series. From our anonymous scooper, we've were informed that Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes apparently WANTED to remake it but would said "let's do something different" instead. New Line was super cool with it. So the next 'Friday' more of an ULTIMATE FRIDAY THE 13th... if you know anything about the Marvel comics ULTIMATE series.

Basically, the plan (which can still change) is takes place after part 1 and shows Jason killing and becoming the monster we know and love. Getting the potato sack mask and the hockey mask, etc...


and from Variety.com:
The studio is hoping to fast-track the project -- centered on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character

The word remake is no where in there. In fact, the Variety article just mentions it as the 11th (damn them for discounting FvJ!) F13. To say it's a remake isn't accurate. It's more like a movie that's going back to the basics, back to what made those first four Friday's so classic.

[AngelDust06]

I have faith in Bay to resurrect this franchise. I hope he does a good job because this is my fav. slasher franchise.

[Duke Nukem]

Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
The word remake is no where in there. In fact, the Variety article just mentions it as the 11th (damn them for discounting FvJ!) F13. To say it's a remake isn't accurate. It's more like a movie that's going back to the basics, back to what made those first four Friday's so classic.


1) FvJ was only a spinoff, not a sequel to either franchise. It counts in its own universe, but not in the "Friday The 13th" or"A Nightmare on Elm Street" universe. This isn't anything to be upset about.

2) The article mentioned Jason's origins upon gaining his pillow case/potato sack and hockey mask. Jason gained his hockey mask in Part 3, a direct follow up to Part 2 (Parts 2-3-4 all take place within days upon another, about a week's period). So logically, this re-imagining could be an in-between prequel of in between Part 1 and Part 2. The opening segment in Part 2 (in which Jason kills the survivor from the original) took place 6 weeks/months after Part 1 and then cut to 5 years later. So, the prequel could show Jason's "first hit" and then show his progress from 1979 to 1984 (the years between Part 1 and part 2 in the storyline).

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
It's not a remake.

From Bloody-Disgusting:

Although this picture is rumored to be a remake, we've been told it may be more of a "re-envisionment" of the series. From our anonymous scooper, we've were informed that Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes apparently WANTED to remake it but would said "let's do something different" instead. New Line was super cool with it. So the next 'Friday' more of an ULTIMATE FRIDAY THE 13th... if you know anything about the Marvel comics ULTIMATE series.

Basically, the plan (which can still change) is takes place after part 1 and shows Jason killing and becoming the monster we know and love. Getting the potato sack mask and the hockey mask, etc...


and from Variety.com:
The studio is hoping to fast-track the project -- centered on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character

The word remake is no where in there. In fact, the Variety article just mentions it as the 11th (damn them for discounting FvJ!) F13. To say it's a remake isn't accurate. It's more like a movie that's going back to the basics, back to what made those first four Friday's so classic.
Almost the exact same things were said about TCM, and we still refer to it as the remake. Re-envisioning is the same thing, and Marvel's Ultimate line are essentially remakes, though they are great in the sense of getting the kids and teens into Marvel without them having to backtrack through years and years worth of comics. BTW, why do I need another movie to show me where he got the hockey mask? Part 3 explained it well enough.

[chinton]

I dont see how this is a problem. FT13TH is not TCM or Halloween or anything remotely like that. People may like the Friday movies but how exactly are they classics. It doesnt really matter whether Bay does it or not. Like they actually have integrity to lose.

[movielover999]

Originally posted by chinton
I dont see how this is a problem. FT13TH is not TCM or Halloween or anything remotely like that. People may like the Friday movies but how exactly are they classics. It doesnt really matter whether Bay does it or not. Like they actually have integrity to lose.

Well, after Halloween:Ressurection, that series can't really go down any further itself.

Fiday should have ended at The Final Chapter, Elm Street should have ended with Dream Warriors, and Halloween should have ended with Halloween 1.

Part 2 was written by Carpenter when he was drunk and he detests it.

Problems solved.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Originally posted by Duke Nukem
1) FvJ was only a spinoff, not a sequel to either franchise. It counts in its own universe, but not in the "Friday The 13th" or"A Nightmare on Elm Street" universe. This isn't anything to be upset about.



The film takes place after Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell. It explains how they both got out of Hell, thus is carries the story on in both franchises.

I dont see how this is a problem. FT13TH is not TCM or Halloween or anything remotely like that. People may like the Friday movies but how exactly are they classics. It doesnt really matter whether Bay does it or not. Like they actually have integrity to lose.

Friday the 13th set the standard for slasher films. Whether you like the films or not, all slasher movies owe a debt to these films. Even Halloween started to rip off F13. Halloween 2 was released shortly after Friday 1, and Halloweens 4-6 showed a Jason-like Michael Myers (see the thumb through the face kill in H4).

BTW, why do I need another movie to show me where he got the hockey mask?

I don't think the idea is to just show things like "how he got his mask". All the fans know this. I think the purpose of drawing more on his origins is to answer questions all fans have had. Like, did he really drown as a boy, or did he survive as Ginny suggests in part 2?

[Duke Nukem]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
[B]The film takes place after Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell. It explains how they both got out of Hell, thus is carries the story on in both franchises.

All the Jason movies count, but not in the same universe.

First, there's "Friday The 13th" through "Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan." All simple films that all have to do with each other the simple notion that Jason drowned + Mrs. Voorhees avenges Jason + Mrs. Voorhees decapitated + Jason comes back to avenge Mama Voorhees and watch over Crystal Lake.

Then, there's "Jason Goes To Hell" which disregarded Parts 1-8 by making the "body-hopping" nonsense. It was an enjoyable movie on it's own, but its a different Jason movie in a separate universe. It does feature Freddy's claw swiping Jason's mask at the end, but that's only meant to be a surprise ending that tells viewers that FvJ would eventually be upon them. You can't take it seriously, storywise. Can't officially link to the rest of the series.

Then, there's "Jason X." This film disregarded Parts 1-8 and 9 by making up Jason's regeneration abilities. Still cheesy fun, but it is in a different universe of its own. Can't officially link to the rest of the series.

And onto FvJ. This film did treat Jason's backstory faithfully, but like the rest of the films is in a different universe of it's own. It is only a spin-off of both franchises, not sequels. Can't officially link to the rest of the series.

The same kind of thinking goes with Freddy.

First, there's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" through "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child." All linked with familiar characters in some way. Not linked to F13 series.

Then, there's "Freddy's Dead." That film messed around with Freddy's backstory, thus it is set in a different universe of it's own. Not linked to F13 series or rest of Nightmare series.

Then, there's "New Nightmare." Completely different film set in "reality" of series, not the films (actors acknowled the movies and played themselves). Not officially linked to the rest of the series of F13 series.

And FvJ. Going around in circles now. It is only a spin-off of both franchises. It uses scenes from Nightmares 1-6 as montage, but they still aren't officially linked. A spinoff and different universe of its own. Not officially linked to rest of Nightmare series or F13 series.

Thus, FvJ is a spinoff.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

JGTH didn't necessarily neglect 1-8. Considering this was New Line's first outing and actually couldn't visually reflect back to Paramount's movies, they had to do so otherwise. At the end of part 8, Jason drowns in acid. So, at the beginning of JGTH his features look like someone went through an acid bath. And the body hopping was added just to do something different.

Jason X doesn't really neglect the series at all. The regenerated tissue is actually used to explain certain plot hole through the series. Like: how come Jason was sliced through the shoulder with a machete in Part 2, but come Part 3 the wound is gone?

As for Jason's mask being swiped by Freddy's claw at the end of JGTH, yes it was only meant to tease about a FvJ film down the line. However, when Shannon and Swift went about with the script for FvJ, they actually asked themselves, "Why would Freddy grab Jason's mask?" And with the FvJ film, they answered it: because he needs Jason to be able to get people to fear him again.

Freddy's Dead didn't mess with Freddy's backstory, but only elaborated on it. The only thing screwed up was him living in 1428 Elm. The rest of it is canon in the NOES timeline. You are, however, correct about New Nightmare.

Again, FvJ answers how Freddy and Jason were able to come back after their respective "final" films, and thus it is not a spin off, but part of the actual timeline.

Added: Oh, and the reemergence of hypnocil and Westin Hills most certainly throw out any silly "not part of the actual timeline/only a spin off" argument.

[Duke Nukem]

Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
JGTH didn't necessarily neglect 1-8. Considering this was New Line's first outing and actually couldn't visually reflect back to Paramount's movies, they had to do so otherwise. At the end of part 8, Jason drowns in acid. So, at the beginning of JGTH his features look like someone went through an acid bath. And the body hopping was added just to do something different.

Jason X doesn't really neglect the series at all. The regenerated tissue is actually used to explain certain plot hole through the series. Like: how come Jason was sliced through the shoulder with a machete in Part 2, but come Part 3 the wound is gone?

As for Jason's mask being swiped by Freddy's claw at the end of JGTH, yes it was only meant to tease about a FvJ film down the line. However, when Shannon and Swift went about with the script for FvJ, they actually asked themselves, "Why would Freddy grab Jason's mask?" And with the FvJ film, they answered it: because he needs Jason to be able to get people to fear him again.

Freddy's Dead didn't mess with Freddy's backstory, but only elaborated on it. The only thing screwed up was him living in 1428 Elm. The rest of it is canon in the NOES timeline. You are, however, correct about New Nightmare.

Again, FvJ answers how Freddy and Jason were able to come back after their respective "final" films, and thus it is not a spin off, but part of the actual timeline.

Added: Oh, and the reemergence of hypnocil and Westin Hills most certainly throw out any silly "not part of the actual timeline/only a spin off" argument.

Jason was killed before. He was killed at the end of Parts 4-6-7-8, etc. He didn't come back on his own in the beginning of those films, he had to be be "assisted" by foolish Crystal Lake folks. Therefore, he had a lot of dead-time.

"Jason Goes To Hell" is another story. It told us that Jason can only be killed by a Voorhees, and that stipulation completely disregards the rest of the movies. That's why "Jason Goes To Hell" exists in his own universe. It's a Jason movie, but a different one.

"Jason X" is still just a different Jason movie too. It was more faithful to Jason's true nature. However, the only reason it was made was to re-awaken Jason fans, so New Line could see if they still cared about seeing FvJ. It was a one-time project that will never be referred to in the storyline again (and doesn't need to).

And all those miselanious (sp?) things you mentioned mean nothing. Jason's appearance looks worse and more horrible by each movie. His haggard head could have resulted from any attack/offense other than just acid. It could be anything. And besides, if "Jason Goes To Hell" really followed Part 8, how did he get back to Crystal Lake? And the shoulder deal...he does have regeneration abilities, but not to the extent "Jason X" went (despite it being cheesy fun). We never specically saw his shoulder wound or anything at all after Part 2, so how do you know it's even a plot hole? It isn't.

And Hypnocil. Just because they brought up Hypnocil from Nightmare 3 does not mean they Part 3 and the films around it count in this universe. It was just a homage.

it's kind of like the separate universes in the "Halloween" movies. There's H1-2-4-5-6 and H1-2-7-8 (and there's also H3, but that's another story). H4 told us that Laurie was killed in an auto accident, thus leaving Jamie. And alternately, H7/20 told us that she did die in an auto accident but actually faked her death. In the first universe, she really was dead. But, in the fresh storyline , she was actually alive after all. It was H20's way of paying homage to one of the earlier sequels (even though it was no longer part of the storyline). Same with FvJ and hypnocil. They used it as a homage, that's all.

Just because Freddy found Jason in Hell doesn't mean it follows "Jason Goes To Hell" with him being taken "downstairs." Jason is killed/brought back all the time through the movies. He was simply in dead-time when Freddy found him. He had to be dead if Freddy were to find him and use him (and if they wanted any FvJ movie at all).

And "Freddy's Dead" did mess with the Nightmare storyline. It started completely fresh with new characters and tried to tell us that Freddy successfully killed 99.99% children/teenagers in Springwood! It was completely bogus, next to the fact that Freddy's motive was for vengeance against the parents in Springwood, not against the town for taking his "daughter" away. Going into his traumatic childhood was cool, but the adult stuff with him and family he supposedly had was bogus and changed everything around. That's why it exists in its own world.

FvJ is only a spin-off.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I take it somebody hasn't listened to the FvJ commentarry track. In it they explain how they had to bring Freddy and Jason back from Hell to give justice to each respective storyline. So like it or not, Ronny Yu's film is a continuation of the storyline, and as far as the filmakers are concerened so are Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell (and yes I'll admit they both had some goofy shit that fucked around with the storyline, but that stuff can be disregarded as "trying something new")

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
I take it somebody hasn't listened to the FvJ commentarry track. In it they explain how they had to bring Freddy and Jason back from Hell to give justice to each respective storyline. So like it or not, Ronny Yu's film is a continuation of the storyline, and as far as the filmakers are concerened so are Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell (and yes I'll admit they both had some goofy shit that fucked around with the storyline, but that stuff can be disregarded as "trying something new")

THANK YOU.

And something funny from Yahoo Movies:

The new, untitled chapter in the ongoing saga of the hockey-masked antihero Jason is purportedly going to be a prelude to Sean S. Cunningham's original Friday the 13th, which was released by Paramount in 1980. The horror classic followed the hacking up of various teens at Camp Crystal Lake. The low-budget gorefest grossed more than $40 million and spawned a franchise that eventually descended into camp with 1989's Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I swear, the people at Yahoo are such morons. :D

[XCoRyX]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
BTW, why do I need another movie to show me where he got the hockey mask? Part 3 explained it well enough.

This is what I am saying.

Call me crazy, but I LOVE the fact that all of the F13s are so standard,cliche,cheesy and outrageous...I love them types of flicks. The campy,cheesy factors make F13 what they are. Even the first 3 had their cheesy ass moments (granted,they ARE the more suspenseful,serious ones of the franchise). But stuff like Jason punching a dudes face off and it landing in a dumpster,that makes Jason as awesome as he is...

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by XCoRyX
This is what I am saying.

Call me crazy, but I LOVE the fact that all of the F13s are so standard,cliche,cheesy and outrageous...I love them types of flicks. The campy,cheesy factors make F13 what they are. Even the first 3 had their cheesy ass moments (granted,they ARE the more suspenseful,serious ones of the franchise). But stuff like Jason punching a dudes face off and it landing in a dumpster,that makes Jason as awesome as he is...
EXACTLY! That's why no one understands why I love Jason X so much (not as much as the first four, but still quite a bit). It realizes what's so great and campy about the Jason movies and stays in that and doesn't bother with the suspense, cuz it's useless to try to anymore.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Well the thing is is that it was getting to where the series was poking fun at itself, especially with Jason X ("We love premarital sex!"). Now I like Jason X, Jason Lives, Takes Manhattan and the like, but I miss the old school Friday feel. Those first four films had great atmosphere and Jason was actually something to be feared.

If this new film is gonna make Jason scary again, I say go for it! Bring on scary Jason. I want Jason to run, I want him to feel pain, I want him to be able to actually have to CHASE DOWN somebody.

[chinton]

How did F13Th set the standard for slasher films. Halloween came out before F13th as I remember. Also how did Myers become more like Jason. Both of them have always been hulking, unkillable, death machines. Its not like theyre character evolve.

Jason will never be scary again. After so many Jason movies its hard to take a horror film with a guy running around in mask as scary anymore. Entertianing sure but scary come on.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Originally posted by chinton
How did F13Th set the standard for slasher films. Halloween came out before F13th as I remember. Also how did Myers become more like Jason. Both of them have always been hulking, unkillable, death machines. Its not like theyre character evolve.

Jason will never be scary again. After so many Jason movies its hard to take a horror film with a guy running around in mask as scary anymore. Entertianing sure but scary come on.

Yes, Halloween was one of the first slasher films. But Halloween was more about the presence of this "boogeyman" and not so much as killing them or how he killed them. Now, Friday the 13th, on the other hand, had an atmosphere to it, but also had much more graphic kills. Halloween had literally no blood, but that first Friday the 13th had blood gushing out of slit throats, a spear through Kevin Bacon's neck, a guy hung up to a door with dozens of arrows going through him.

After Friday the 13th, that was when the slasher craze TRULY started. That's when the body count picture truly came around.

Once Mustapha Akkad gained control of the Halloween franchise, he pumped up the Myers character. Just watch Halloween 4 and compare it to the Jason movies. Before, Myers was just an ordinary guy who just killed with a knife. He was a believable killer. However, come Halloween 4, somehow he has a great strength, like the ability to actually put his THUMB THROUGH A GUY'S FOREHEAD, or pick someone up with one arm, or take a barrage of bullets and still come back.

And yes, Jason can be scary again. If "Scream", which pretty much just poked fun at the genre, can be scary then so can a Friday the 13th which takes itself seriously.

[chinton]

How was Michael Myers ever an ordinary killer. he got shot multiple tiems in the first one, got stabbed in the eye, fell off a blacony and continued to walk on.

[jackson13]

I read this whole thread, and I honestly dont care what anyone says: Freddy's Dead, Jason Goes to Hell, and Freddy vs. Jason are all CONNECTED!

If any movie is a spin-off, its Jason X. It has nothing to do with the previous films, except for Jason being in it.


And from the sounds of it, this new movie, seems like its gonna be set in between the events of F13th 1 and 2. Meaning, theres no need for discussion on Freddy and Jason being connected at all. This movie is only about how Jason became Jason, even though we all already know that.

[Scarface98.9]

At first, I thought the title of the thread was about Bay redoing that other New Line property, Friday, starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. That would've been a shocker

[AngelDust06]

lol God Help Us

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Originally posted by chinton
How was Michael Myers ever an ordinary killer. he got shot multiple tiems in the first one, got stabbed in the eye, fell off a blacony and continued to walk on.

It wasn't necessarily that he was ordinary, but that he was still more realistic. He wasn't taking shots from multiple shotguns or anything like in H4 and he wasn't crushing people's heads with his bare hands either. By the time 1988 rolled around and Halloween 4 was being made, Friday the 13th had seven films and was a big franchise. In an attempt to make Michael a bigger slasher villain, they pumped him up to take and give more punishment--like Jason.

[movielover999]

Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
It wasn't necessarily that he was ordinary, but that he was still more realistic. He wasn't taking shots from multiple shotguns or anything like in H4 and he wasn't crushing people's heads with his bare hands either. By the time 1988 rolled around and Halloween 4 was being made, Friday the 13th had seven films and was a big franchise. In an attempt to make Michael a bigger slasher villain, they pumped him up to take and give more punishment--like Jason.

Listen to this guy. As someone who was around back then (me I mean), this is exactly what happened. Halloween 4 was directly made to cash in off the Friday the 13th/Elm Street series which were very popular during this time.

Myers hadn't been seen since 81 and was gone forever. Or at least it seemed this way at the time. Ironic as Friday the 13th (the first one) was made to cash off Halloween (the first one) itself.

Myers was always originally set to be taken more seriously than Jason. Jason himself was created to be taken seriously himself until the last half of the series started coming out. All seemed to be parodies.

Capenter never wanted the Myers story to survive past the first Halloween. Looking at what happened, that would have been for the best. The ending in the first film is perfect the way it is. Laurie just being in the wrong place at the wrong time also makes it better. Dumb storylines (sister, cults, whatever) took the threatening atmosphere away from the first one.

Jackson 13,

You are right too. Freddy vs Jason does connect to both Jason goes to Hell and Freddy's Dead. Jason is in Hell at the spot he died in Jason goes to Hell. It takes place 7 years later than Freddy's Dead. Freddy never died, but was just warped back into the dream world. He continued killing for several years until the town wised up and started to drug all the kids.

Of course the movie took the shallow approach and never explained any of this (all which was in the original script).

[veddhead83]

I LOVE this franchise. But lets get everything out in the open.

F13thprt1: Mom kills because her son "drowned" while at Camp Crystal Lake.

LINK: Alice Hardy killing Mrs. Voorhees

F13prt2: Jason, having witnessed the murder of his mother, takes revenge on campers at a nearby camp.

LINK: Camp Crystal Lake

F13prt3: Jason kills more campers who stay a the infamous camp after being warned not to.

LINK: Camp Crystal Lake

F13prt4 - The Final Chapter: Jason, returningfrom the hospital after being surving the events in prt3, kills more campers and meets his greatest match to date - Tommy Jarvis.

LINK: Tommy Jarvis

F13prt5 - A New Beginning: A killer is on the loose, this time at a mental institute where Tommy Jarvis is being held.

LINK: Tommy Jarvis

F13prt6 - Jason Lives: Tommy Jarvis wants to know that Jason is dead, so he and a friend dig up Jason's body & sure enough Jason revives to kill again.

LINK: Camp Crystal Lake

F13prt7 - The New Blood: Tina Shepherd can levitate objects through telekinesis, well, she levitates Jason from the bottom of the lake where he met his doom from prt6. Jason kills again.

LINK: Camp Crystal Lake

F13prt8 - Jason Takes Manhattan: A boat headed for NYC unknowingly brings Jason aboard from the bottom of Crystal Lake, this time Jason kills in the Big Apple.

LINK: ???Jason melted in an acid flood in a NYC sewer, no one knows how he got back to Crystal Lake in his normal body form.

F13prt9 - Jason Goes to Hell: Jason is back at Camp Crystal Lake, but this time the FBI has found him. After being blown up by the FBI, the soul of Jason is passed from one victim to another. Jason finally meets his doom when a distant Voorhees relative kills him and he goes to Hell.

LINK: ????? Freddy Krueger pulled his mask to Hell, a la' Freddy vs. Jason - but serving no link to Jason X.

F13prt10 - Jason X: After being captured by authorities, Jason is frozen in time only to be discovered in the year 2455 by research students. Jason, of course revives and kills again.

LINK: Jason crashes onto Earth2, with no link to any F13 film.

Freddy vs. Jason: After getting Jason's mask from prt9, Freddy uses Jason to scare the kids of Springwood into believing Krueger is back.

LINK: The two titans collide, killing each other, or not......


Now do I want to see another Jason film? Hell Yes!! But do I want Michael "Pearl Harbor/Bad Boys 2" Bay to be attched? Fuck No! Will this new film serve any purpose to the franchise? Well, although I love all of the films, it cant be worse than the craziness of Jason Goes to Hell or Jason X. If they are going to set this between prt1 & prt2 they need to get someone Warrington Gillette's size(played Jason in prt2). They also need to stay true to the "story" of prts 1 & 2. I do wish QT was on board though. Or have Cunningham come back! What is his stand on this anyway???

[The Heart Collector]

Originally posted by veddhead83
Will this new film serve any purpose to the franchise?

This is Friday The 13th, not The Godfather.

[LordSimen]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
This is Friday The 13th, not The Godfather.

Exactly why I don't get why anyone really cares that much if Michael Bay is attatched to Friday the 13th, I mean it actually makes sense. A senseless killing movie in the hands of Michael Bay just makes sense.

[LordSimen]

Originally posted by movielover999

You are right too. Freddy vs Jason does connect to both Jason goes to Hell and Freddy's Dead. Jason is in Hell at the spot he died in Jason goes to Hell. It takes place 7 years later than Freddy's Dead. Freddy never died, but was just warped back into the dream world. He continued killing for several years until the town wised up and started to drug all the kids.

Of course the movie took the shallow approach and never explained any of this (all which was in the original script).

... When I watched the movie I remember knowing this, and I never read the script. Obviously the movie did illude to this when they started talking about the kids drugged in the assylum.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Now do I want to see another Jason film? Hell Yes!! But do I want Michael "Pearl Harbor/Bad Boys 2" Bay to be attched?

It's not like he's directing it, he's merely producing it.