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‘Friday the 13th’ Is Not a Sequel to the 2009 Remake
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.
Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) Alien: Romulus will be unleashed in theaters nationwide on August 16, and Entertainment Weekly brings us two new images today.
The first image you’ll find below gives us another fresh look at the film’s Xenomorph, with Alvarez promising the outlet that it’s the most H.R. Giger-faithful Xenomorph of them all.
Entertainment Weekly writes, “… Alvarez promises [the Xenomorph’s design] is closer to H.R. Giger’s original creation than any other iteration.” The late H.R. Giger was of course integral to Ridley Scott’s Alien, designing the iconic monster the franchise is centered on.
The other image you’ll find below gives us a look at two of the human characters from Alien: Romulus, Archie Renaux’s Tyler and Cailee Spaeny’s heroine Rain Carradine.
Head over to Entertainment Weekly for their full preview of the upcoming film.
Here’s the full official plot synopsis for Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, which comes in the wake of Disney reviving the Predator franchise in spectacular fashion with last year’s Prey…
“While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”
Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) leads the cast alongside Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.
Alien: Romulus takes place in between the first two films. It’s been described as “an original standalone feature,” one that “will focus on a group of young people on a distant world.”
Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). Ridley Scott is on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.
Xenomorph in ‘Alien: Romulus’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
(L-R): Archie Renaux as Tyler and Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in ‘Alien: Romulus.’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
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