Seriously, just keep it here at Bloody Disgusting.
For months now we’ve been telling you guys all of the inside info on the upcoming Friday the 13th, and have previously reported multiple times that the new Friday the 13th will not be found-footage, and 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.
More little nuggets of info has been coming via “Hannibal” screenwriter Nick Antosca on Twitter.
Earlier this month, he posted an image displaying a series of machetes (implying there’s possibly a new style of machete in the works).
Now, he’s clarifying that the forthcoming Friday the 13th, to be directed by V/H/S and The Signal director David Bruckner, will not be a sequel to the 2009 remake helmed by Marcus Nispel (thank God).
“It’s not a sequel to the 2009 version,” said Antosca also confirming the potential shift to the 1980’s. “Different characters, time period, style.”
I didn’t love the remake as much as others, and would love to see the franchise go in a different direction. While many think Friday the 13th is synonymous with Jason Voorhees, I beg to differ. I think of Camp Crystal Lake, Pamela Voorhees, and the 1980’s. Everything teased thus far points in the right direction. Should you be excited? Anytime there’s a new Friday the 13th in the works you should be excited. Damn.
Special thanks to Bloody reader ‘Andrzej G.’ for the tip.
Friday the 13th aims for release on May 13, 2016.
