ARROW NOTE: BD just got this update
regarding the film and I quote:
Basically, the plan (which can still change) 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…
Read more here
So the rumors about the next FRIDAY THE 13TH project have been flying fast and furious, to the point where it’s tough to remember what has and hasn’t been confirmed. Well read this Variety report from today to get all caught up:
Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes shingle is coming aboard to produce the 11th outing in the sturdy “Friday the 13th” franchise for New Line. Studio’s hoping to fast-track the project — centered on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character — so that the pic can be released three weeks before Halloween on Friday, Oct. 13. Bay will produce with Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.
New Line’s hired Mark Wheaton (“Son of the Morning Star”) to pen the script. The original “Friday the 13th” — set at a reopened camp that had closed 20 years earlier — took nearly $40 million in domestic grosses in 1980. That’s still the best domestic performance in the series, although New Line’s spinoff pic “Freddy vs. Jason””Freddy Vs. Jason” was a solid success in 2003, with $82 million domestic.
So there you have it. Overall I gotta say this one sounds like it’s got a legitimate chance of breathing some life back into the franchise. You can call me a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.