The upcoming Friday the 13th has everyone talking. The return of our favorite hockey mask-wearing mass murderer is big news no matter how you feel about the franchise as it’s been a long time since we’ve seen him stalk the shores of Crystal Lake. And as the weeks have been passing, we’ve been getting more and more information about how the movie is shaping and the path that it’s going to take, such as the idea that Aaron Guzikowski’s script would be an origin story, although now producer Brad Fuller is clarifying his words.

Talking with iHorror, Fuller explains:

Origin isn’t really the right word for this movie. The word “Origin” got out and everyone’s calling it an origin film now, but that isn’t exactly the direction we’re taking. It’s more of an alternate world that we’re creating for Jason – an alternate space, alternate reality – in this film. Yes, Pamela and Jason are together in this film, but this is the same Jason we all know and love. He’s Jason; he kills – he kills teenagers. We went down the origin route with the second Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, and I think when you go to deep into a character’s origin, the character stops being scary at some point. I’m not worried about demystifying Jason by revealing parts of his back story, which most of the fans are familiar with.

I absolutely adore that last line. I’m willing to bet that Fuller looked at all the frustration with people who saw BvS and complained, “We have to see Bruce Wayne’s parents die yet again? We all know this!” I know that’s what all my friends said and I’m right there with them.

“The story takes place between the late 1970s and the early 1980s,” continues Fuller, who adds, “There is a summer camp, and there are camp counselors.”

And while there have been rumors that Elias, Jason’s father, would appear in the film, Fuller is asking people to temper their expectations because things may not actually go that route.

“No, we haven’t decided whether or not Elias will appear in the film. Again, that was a comment I made, which was a response to a question about whether or not Elias would be a part of this film,” explains Fuller. “I said that including Jason’s father was an idea, a possibility, but it’s not at all a certainty that he’ll appear in the film. The main relationship is between Pamela and Jason.”

So, as always it appears that we need to bide our time. After all, there’s no point in getting up in arms when we haven’t seen even a single image from the film, right?

The new Friday the 13th is slated to come out in January 2017.

You can pick up the Friday the 13th boxset via Amazon.