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Jason Voorhees Getting An Improved ‘Friday the 13th’ Machete?!
Back in March it was revealed that “Hannibal” screenwriter Nick Antosca will be penning the new incarnation of Friday the 13th for director David Bruckner, Platinum Dunes and Paramount Pictures.
While there’s no real news here – as it’s all speculation – Antosca tweeted out something that made my left eyebrow perk up.
“Just doing some research,” Antosca stated in his status dated May 3rd, 2015 that carried an image displaying a series of machetes.
What’s potentially important about the tweet is that there’s an implication Jason Voorhees could have a new version of his iconic machete. Again, this is all speculation, and Antosca could be teasing overly excited fans, but it’s definitely something that we should start paying attention to.
What are your thoughts on Jason getting an upgrade? I think it’s cool. I’m actually disappointed that Ash won’t have a variant version of his chainsaw in the upcoming Starz series “Ash Vs Evil Dead” like in the videogame “Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick”.
Special thanks to Bloody reader ‘Andrzej G.’ for the tip.
The new Friday the 13th will not be found-footage, but could clear up some unanswered questions about Jason Voorhees’ mythology.
Previously, it had been reported that the new Friday the 13th could take place in the 1980’s. In a more recent article, Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes talked about his hopes for expanding Jason’s mythos and also taking the franchise back to summer camp.
Friday the 13th aims for release on May 13, 2016.
just doing some research pic.twitter.com/5Zm2QslsNM
— Nick Antosca (@nickantosca) May 3, 2015
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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